18 Rene Gabriel
Dunkles, sattes Granat-Lila. Tiefwürziges Cabernetbouquet, Rauchnoten, Heidelbeerenstauden, Lakritze und Teer, viel Aroma, aber (noch) wenig Fülle zeigend. Im Gaumen weiche Tannine, reif, dicht und viel blau- bis schwarzbeerige Konturen, köstliche Médocaromatik im Innern, viel Rückhalt. Gleicht ein Bisschen seinem 1994er und wird als mittelfein aber langlebig in die Barton-Geschichte eingehen.
92 Robert Parker
Tasted at BI Wine & Spirits' 10-Years-On tasting, the 2007 Leoville-Barton is more vigorous and fruit-driven than the Langoa, with gorgeous dark berry fruit, wilted rose petals and orange blossom scents that really blossom in the glass. The palate is medium-bodied with a sensual, quite rounded opening that belies the structure of this Leoville Barton, armed with black pepper and cedar towards the long finish. This is a Saint Julien that has always threatened to come good and at ten years of age, and it is beginning to take flight. A couple of cases of this in your cellar and you cannot go wrong. Tasted February 2017.
92 Wine Spectator
This has a wonderful nose, with blackberry, currant and cigar box. Complex and full-bodied, with layers of ripe, polished tannins and a very long finish. Juicy, yet refined and agile. Best after 2014. 17,500 cases made. –JS