Product Description
The 2021 Vintage of Chateau Leoville-Barton is a combination of 84% Cabernet Sauvignon, 11% Merlot, and 5% Cabernet Franc, and is currently maturing in 60% new French oak barrels. Its colour is a deep ruby-purple, and it has intense aromas of black fruit. This vintage demonstrates the advantages of Léoville Barton’s brand new cellar.
Tasting Notes
Vinous 94.5
The 2021 Leoville-Barton is a gorgeous, classically built Saint-Julien. Graphite, leather, blue-toned fruit, spice, tobacco, licorice and lavender are immediately alluring. Medium in body and vibrant, the 2021 exudes finesse from start to finish. It is very much on the restrained side, with all the elements impeccably balanced. I would give this a few years in the cellar. It really blossoms with air, but the best is clearly yet to come.
Anticipated maturity: 2028-2051
Robert Parker 93-95
A terrific success, the 2021 Leoville Barton unwinds in the glass with aromas of blackcurrant, wild berries and plums mingled with hints of pencil shavings, loamy soil and cigar wrapper. Medium to full-bodied, deep and seamless, it’s concentrated and tensile, with beautifully refined tannins, lively acids and all the class that an elevated percentage of Cabernet Sauvignon growing in deep gravel can provide. It’s the first vintage vinified in the Barton family’s new winery, and I suspect that contributes to the ultra-refined quality of tannin this year. The blend is 84% Cabernet Sauvignon, 11% Merlot and 3% Cabernet Franc. Tasted three times.
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