Château Léoville Barton 2009, Ac St Julien
Bordeaux (Cabernet Based)
Bordeaux, France
$164.85 (201327)
Critic Reviews (5)
Bright, deep purple. Explosive, fresh, earthy, slightly bretty aromatics, with dusty wood, and rich, ripe, cassis...
This is surprisingly big, highly extracted and robust Pauillac – a real bulldozer easily mistaken for a New World...
Big smoky toasted oak nose (must be Bordeaux) with pencil lead savoury red fruits and a touch of black cherry. The...
It’s the subtle imperfections, not how polished a wine is, that separates the great from the good. Just a faint note...
A nice intense nose combining lots of blackberry and black plum fruit with violet, new oak and a good complex whiff...
Community Reviews (1)
Unfortunately, this wine did not have enough time open to fully develop before it all disappeared! The wine was very well balanced, showing the quality of the 2009 vintage. Notes of tobacco and cassis lead to a significant sense of terroir. This was a really robust wine that was exceptionally satisfying to drink.