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19 Rene Gabriel
83 % Cabernet Sauvignon, 15 % Merlot, 2 % Cabernet Franc. 60 % neues Holz. Mit 38 Hektoliter pro Hektare wieder eine eher kleinere Ernte. Verkostung auf dem Château: Sattes Purpur-Granat, dicht in der Mitte, lila Schimmer aussen. Dunkelbeeriger Nasenansatz; Heidelbeeren, Cassis und Brombeeren. Im zweiten Ansatz dunkle Edelhölzer und eine schöne, akzentuierte Cabernetaromatik zeigend. Im Gaumen schon fast seidige Tannine aufweisend, dem entsprechend ist die Adstringenz royal und sehr harmonisch, im gebündelten Finale hält das Aroma lange an. Ein grosser Charme-Barton! Ich habe ihn an der grossen Degustation der Vin de Crus auf Gaffelière noch einmal mit vielen anderen Saint Juliens direkt verglichen. Er verdient seine grosse Note ganz sicher!
94 Robert Parker
The 2014 Leoville Barton is one of the must-buys of the vintage. Now in bottle, it has a very pure bouquet that gains intensity in the glass, laden with blackberry and raspberry coulis scents, cold wet stone, a wonderful mineralité that becomes more conspicuous with aeration. The palate is medium-bodied with tensile tannin, a fine line of acidity that lends this precision and nervosité. There is class and sophistication in situ, not a powerful Léoville Barton, but beautifully poised. This is just a brilliant forerunner to the 2015 and it should represent great value.
94 Wine Spectator
This has a solid core of cassis, blueberry confiture and plum sauce flavors, wrapped with warm ganache and licorice snap notes, kept honest by graphite rivets along the finish. This has lots of muscle, but stays lean and long. Best from 2020 through 2035. 11,667 cases made.
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Château Léoville Barton
Planted amongst the gravelly-clay soils, Château Léoville Barton is a long-established top producer in Saint-Julien. After the French Revolution the original Léoville property was split three estates, one being Léoville Barton, and the other two are fittingly Léoville Las Cases and Léoville Poyferré. Known today as one of Bordeaux’s great-value wines, the 2ème Grand Cru Classé property actually lacks its own château. Vinification therefore, with the same attention to detail takes place at the Barton’s family’s other Saint-Julien holding, Château Langoa Barton. From the early 1800s Léoville Barton has belonged to the Barton family, and Anthony Barton has managed the vineyards since 1986. The Grand Vin Léoville Barton is consistently intense and long-lived, a true Bordeaux meant for extended cellaring. The wine is a medium-full claret with well-thought oak, the fleshy, youthfully firm textures will develop harmoniously with several years’ patience.