Château Léoville-Barton
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Château Léoville-Barton 2010 Red (Saint-Julien)
- Cellar Selection
- $117
A magnificently solid wine, initially severe. At this young stage, the tannins dominate in a wine that also reveals a full fruit salad bowl of black fruits. Very dense, concentrated, this is a wine that’s even better than the legendary 2005. The structure tells of its extraordinary aging potential: don’t even attempt to drink this for 10 years.
— R.V.
(2/1/2013)
Château Léoville-Barton 2010 Barrel sample Red (Saint-Julien)
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97-99 A big, solid, wood powered wine. The power is all there, new wood offering an immense structure, while the acidity gives the necessary freshness. A solid wine, very concentrated, with an immensely long future.
— R.V.
(6/25/2011)
Château Léoville-Barton 2009 Red (Saint-Julien)
- Cellar Selection
- $135
A major success of the vintage. The wine exhibits extreme richness of the fruit, with all its sweet blackberry flavors. It also has underlying firm structure, density and solid tannins. Bring in the acidity at the end, and this is both impressive and ready for long-term aging.
— R.V.
(2/1/2012)
Château Léoville-Barton 2005 Red (Saint-Julien)
- Cellar Selection
- $150
Power and elegance merge effortlessly in this superb wine. Its pure black currant fruit is tightly coiled, supported by just the right amount of firm tannins. Great aging potential. A triumph.
— R.V.
(6/1/2008)
Château Léoville-Barton 2009 Barrel sample Red (Saint-Julien)
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96-98 Barrel sample. Ripe, sweet but also intensely juicy, a delicious wine, full of sweetness and rich complexity. The new wood element is there, but just brings out the beauty of the fruit.
— R.V.
(8/9/2010)
Château Léoville-Barton 2000 Red (Saint-Julien)
- $150
Right from the early days of tasting in spring 2001, this was going to be one of the stars of the vintage. And a star it remains. There is big, ripe fruit, with solid, ageworthy tannins. It may not be as powerful as some of the blockbusters of the vintage, but it is certainly more opulent, less classical than Léoville-Barton can sometimes be.
— R.V.
(6/1/2003)
Château Léoville-Barton 2005 Barrel sample Red (Saint-Julien)
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95-97 Barrel sample. A solid, very firm wine that initially lacks charm. But it just needs time to knit together; as it is now, its huge, dry tannins completely hide the fruit, just giving hints of greatness to come .
— R.V.
(6/20/2006)
Château Léoville-Barton 2001 Red (Saint-Julien)
- Editors' Choice
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- $90
A wonderfully firm, concentrated wine that walks a fine, balanced line between richness and poised structure. It is classic in the best sense, showing all the shape of a fine Bordeaux, while adding the extra dimension of the freshest of black fruits, complexity from a few hints of wood, and a dark, brooding, long-lasting aftertaste.
— R.V.
(12/16/2007)
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