Description
Firstly, the terroir of Léoville Barton is located on one of the most beautiful gravelly hillsides of the Garonne, facing the Gironde. The property is therefore in the heart of the Saint Julien appellation, in the Médoc. Moreover, the 50 hectares of Château Léoville Barton, planted in a gravel soil on a clay subsoil, include a high proportion of old vines in order to obtain the best possible quality. The grape variety breakdown is 74% Cabernet Sauvignon, 23% Merlot and 3% Cabernet Franc. These are the traditional grape varieties of the Médoc.
Moreover, the harvest is entirely done by hand. After de-stemming, the grapes are carefully sorted, crushed and put in thermo-regulated wooden vats, according to their parcels
Tasting notes
“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. This is just a brilliant forerunner to the 2015 and it should represent great value. [RP94, Neal Martin, March 2017, robertparker.com]
