Product Description
The 2021 Vintage of Chateau Leoville-Barton is a combination of 84% Cabernet Sauvignon, 11% Merlot, and 5% Cabernet Franc, and is currently maturing in 60% new French oak barrels. Its colour is a deep ruby-purple, and it has intense aromas of black fruit. This vintage demonstrates the advantages of Léoville Barton’s brand new cellar.
Tasting Notes
Vinous 94
The 2021 Leoville-Barton was picked from 27 September until 7 October, matured in 60% new oak. The alcohol is 13.12%. It has a clean and pure bouquet with blackberry, bilberry, cedar and hints of shucked oyster shell: focused and very well delineated, classic in style. The palate has a smooth and cohesive entry, very well-knit with beautifully integrated oak. Crisp acidity with the perfect amount of tension on the classically-styled finish, this Leoville Barton demonstrates the advantages of their brand new cellar (even though the reception was not finished in time!) I cannot see any reason not to own a few bottles of this in your cellar.
Anticipated maturity: 2026-2050
Robert Parker 93-95
A terrific success, the 2021 Leoville Barton unwinds in the glass with aromas of blackcurrant, wild berries and plums mingled with hints of pencil shavings, loamy soil and cigar wrapper. Medium to full-bodied, deep and seamless, it’s concentrated and tensile, with beautifully refined tannins, lively acids and all the class that an elevated percentage of Cabernet Sauvignon growing in deep gravel can provide. It’s the first vintage vinified in the Barton family’s new winery, and I suspect that contributes to the ultra-refined quality of tannin this year. The blend is 84% Cabernet Sauvignon, 11% Merlot and 3% Cabernet Franc. Tasted three times.
Producer Profile
Area under vines: 50 hectares
Soils: gravel on clayey subsoil
Average age of the vines: 30 years
Production: 200,000 bottles a year
Ageing: in 60% new oak barrels for 24 months
Grape varieties:
- Cabernet Sauvignon 74%
- Merlot 23%
- Cabernet Franc 3%
Second wine: Reserve de Leoville Barton
- Cabernet Sauvignon
- Merlot
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