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Château Léoville Barton Grand Cru Classé Saint-Julien 2018

Reviews

98 -Falstaff -

97 -Jeb Dunnuck -

This estate has been on fire in recent vintages, and the 2018 Château Léoville Barton is up there with the best of them. Based on 82% Cabernet Sauvignon and 18% Merlot that was brought up in 60% new French oak, this classic, flawlessly balanced, straight-up awesome Saint-Julien has loads of cassis and mulberry fruits as well as notes of freshly sharpened pencils, leafy tobacco, chocolate, and earth. Rich, medium to full-bodied, and concentrated on the palate, it has building tannin's and healthy acidity, yet the fruit is pure, perfectly ripe, and wonderfully integrated with all the wine's components. As is normal with this cuvée, it closes down with extended air and is going to take a solid 8-10 years of bottle age to reach the early stages of maturity. It's going to evolve for 30-40 years in cold cellars.

97 -James Suckling -

97 -Wine Enthusiast -

97 -Wine Spectator -

97 -Jeff Leve, The Wine Cellar Insider -

With a dark, inky, purple accented hue, the perfume pops with all its ripe, blackberry and currants, accompanied by cigar box, forest floor, herbs, cedar and cigar wrapper notes. Full-bodied, concentrated, powerful, yet refined, the finish is deep, long and intense. Wait at least a decade before pulling a cork. It is going to be difficult to pick the best vintage of Leoville Barton from the 2009, 2010, 2015, 2016 and 2018 but it is going to be fun tasting them together over the next several decades. The wine blends 82% Cabernet Sauvignon and 18%.

96 -Decanter -

Well-polished blackcurrant, cassis and bilberry, everything pretty silky and firm. Not fully showing its generosity at this point but no question that it is going to get there soon. Clear charcoal, graphite and woodsmoke as it opens up. A ton of life ahead, and an appealing sense of mint freshness. Lives up to its en primeur promise - this is Léoville Barton at its most confident. Drinking Window 2026 - 2040.

95 -The Wine Independent -

The 2018 Leoville Barton is deep garnet-purple in color. It leaps with notes of Morello cherries, black raspberries, and juicy blackcurrants, plus hints of lilacs, cedar, and vanilla pod. Medium to full-bodied, the palate has a soft texture and generous black and red fruit layers, finishing long and fragrant. Deceptively delicious now, it needs time to show its pedigree.

94+ -Robert Parker's Wine Advocate -

Deep garnet-purple in color, the 2018 Léoville Barton needs a little swirling to coax out delicate notions of fresh blackberries, mulberries and cassis, plus touches of pencil shavings, clove oil, charcoal and black truffles. The medium to full-bodied palate delivers a great intensity of earth and mineral-laced black fruit flavors, supported by firm, ripe, grainy tannin's and seamless freshness, finishing on a lingering ferrous note. Give it a good 4-5 years in bottle and drink it over the next 20 years+.

Technical Details

Blend 82% Cabernet Sauvignon, 18% Merlot
Winemaker Damien Barton Sartorius
Country France
Region Bordeaux
Sub Region Left Bank
Appellation Saint-Julien
Vineyard Estate vineyards of Château Léoville Barton
Farming Method Sustainable Practices
Oak French oak barrels, 60% new
Fermentation 4 to 5 weeks
Aging / Cooperage 16 to 18 months in French oak barrels, 60% new
Alcohol 14%

Château Léoville Barton Grand Cru Classé Saint-Julien 2018

Name: Château Léoville Barton Grand Cru Classé Saint-Julien 2018
Brand: First Bottle
SKU: 1015004
Price: 89.95 USD
Availability: OutOfStock

Bordeaux Blends | Bordeaux

FS98, JD97, JS97, WE97, WS97, JL97, DC96, TWI95, WA94+

Sustainable Practices

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$89.95

750ML

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The Barton family's Bordeaux story begins in 1725, when Thomas Barton left Ireland for the Gironde, and they have been an anchor of Saint-Julien ever since. Hugh Barton purchased the Léoville plot in 1826, and the family has held it through every generation since, most recently passing to Lilian and Damien Barton. The wines are known for their classicism: Cabernet-dominant, firm in youth, and built for decades of cellaring. The 2018 is as good as it gets. Six critics scored it 97 points (Farr Vintners, Jeb Dunnuck, James Suckling, Wine Enthusiast, Wine Spectator, and James Lawther MW), with Decanter at 96 and Wine Advocate at 94+. The critical consensus is that this is among the finest Léoville Barton in recent memory, a wine of stunning depth, graphite-laced dark fruit, and the kind of backbone that will need a decade to begin to soften. The pricing here is exceptional for what's in the glass. Stock up.

About The Producer

Six generations of Bartons have been at the helm of this famous estate which is a second growth in the Bordeaux classification of 1855. The chateau was initially built in 1758 by Monsieur de Pontet. The estate was then sold to Hugh Barton, an Irish merchant, in 1821. He named the estate Chateau Langoa Barton but in 1826 and with the acquisition of the neighboring vineyards of the former Leoville domaine which then became Leoville Barton. He only wanted the esteem vineyards and had no need for the winemaking facilities. In 1983, Anthony Barton, the present owner inherited the property from his uncle Ronald Barton who inherited it from his father. Anthony Barton's daughter Lilian Barton Satorius now helps her father run the estate.

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