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  • Country ranking ?

    504
  • Producer ranking ?

    7
  • Decanting time

    4h
  • When to drink

    2020-2035
  • Food Pairing

    Beef

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The Story

The 50 hectares of Léoville and 17 hectares of Langoa, planted in gravelly soil with a clay sub-soil, include large proportions of old vines in order to obtain the best possible quality. The grape varieties is 74% Cabernet Sauvignon, 23% Merlot and 3% Cabernet Franc for Léoville Barton, while Langoa Barton’s terroir is shared as follows 57% Cabernet Sauvignon, 34% Merlot and 9% Cabernet Franc. Both properties have the same vinification methods...

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Vintage 2020

In Bordeaux, the heat led to early flowering. Additionally, this led to an early harvest after a very hot summer. As a starting point, there is great maturity in the grapes, and we can expect a more opulent vintage than in recent years.

This year's summer was the hottest since 1959, but the rain fell at just the right time during the growing season. The harvest took place two weeks before the norm and will produce grapes with high alcohol p...

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Château Léoville Barton 2020 Barrel Sample (Saint-Julien); 97–99 points. The wine shows both elegance and great richness. It is a poised and ripe wine, full of impressive black fruits and generous tannins. The fine structure gives considerable potential for the long term.

  • 99p

Leoville Barton CC – 85.5% Cabernet Sauvignon + 14.5% Merlot. A very detailed and refined nose of high-quality blackcurrants mixed with tobacco and mint. Sophisticated and very stylish, dense and multi-layered Great complexity, structure and length. A pin-point traditional St.Julien wine which can last for many decades. Upper-class stuff! 96-97p.

  • 97p

Ruby. Scented, deep, nuanced, anise, blackberries and spices nose, fruit driven and layered, intense. Fresh acidity, ripe tannins, dark fruits, anise, spices, liquorice, deep and layered, a fuller bodied Léoville Barton yet retains liveliness and vigour. Such length! 94-96

  • 96p

Dark purple red colour with violet hue and black core. Aromatic nose with multi-layered fruit reminiscent of blackcurrants, sweet elderberries and sloe, backed by hints of cocoa and oriental spices. On the palate well balanced with juicy fruit, repeating the flavour of the nose, elderberries, blackcurrants and fresh sloe. Ripe and  velvety tannins, fine acidity, an excellent wine with freshness, depth and excellent length. 

  • 96p
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Origin

Saint-Julien, Bordeaux

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La Réserve de Leoville Barton

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