Château Léoville Barton 2019

Robert Parker Wine Advocate

Like its stablemate Langoa Barton, the 2019 Léoville Barton is a timeless classic, made for patient connoisseurs. Offering up aromas of blackcurrants, plums, pencil shavings and licorice, it's full-bodied, deep and concentrated, its deep core of fruit framed by a chassis of rich, powdery tannin that makes itself felt on the youthfully firm finish. While it's clearly built for the long haul, its structural seamlessness and mid-palate plenitude mark it out as one of the finest wines from this château in recent times. Could it be a more concentrated modern-day version of Anthony Barton's brilliant 1985?

James Suckling

Currants, sweet fruit and fresh flowers on the nose. Medium-to full-bodied with firm, silky tannins that are chewy and powerful. Long and muscular, yet in a toned and polished way. Try after 2026.

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Jane Anson - Inside Bordeaux

The Wine Independent

VertdeVin

The nose is elegant, fine, racy and offers power, delicacy, finesse, a fine intensity as well as deepness, a good structure of the finesse, a beautiful grain discreetly tight. It reveals notes of ripe/pulpy Boysen berry, ripe wild strawberry, small notes of small bright black fruits associated with fine hints of caramelization, nutmeg, toasted and an imperceptible saline hint. The palate is fruity, elegant, gourmand and offers a beautiful definition, a beautiful finesse of the grain/structure, power, sapidity and a racy minerality. On the palate this wine expresses notes of juicy/pulpy Boysen berry, bright raspberry, small notes of bright cassis associated with small touches of violet, lily, toasted, nutmeg as well as fine hints of chocolate, caramelization and black tea (in the background). Good length and persistance. Tannins are elegant, fine and racy.

Adrian van Velsen - vvWine.ch