and exceptionally well-balanced
grainy tannins and bold freshness supporting the muscular black fruits
opulent and silky with lovely cassis fruit richness
violets and creamy new oak
Château Leoville Barton 2emé Cru Classé, Saint-Julien, 2022, 75cl Løse flasker and exceptionally well-balancedThe 2022 Loville Barton is performing brilliantly in bottle, wafting from the glass with aromas of cassis, pencil shavings, pen ink, cigar box and spices. Medium to full bodied, suave and velvety, it's dense and concentrated, with terrific energy and persistence. As readers will remember, it's the first vintage produced in the estate's new winery, which more than doubled the number of vats, permitting sub plot by sub plot harvesting and vinification,