Leoville Barton

Leoville BartonThis young, primary wine, expresses an elegant style of Leoville Barton. Blackberry, cassis, earth and tobacco scents open up what seems like an early maturing wine for this chateau. The tannins have more softeners and polish that I usually detect in their wine. Give it another couple of years to develop complexities.

but it is so good now

but the Vieilles Vignes is always exceptional

and therefore

Tasted at the Suduiraut vertical at the château

primary wine

wild flowers and mint are some of the many notes that are laced together

but that leanness is just part of the 2012 vintage

If it is not quite as tightly wound as in some years

This is a large-scaled Eisele Vineyard Cabernet Sauvignon

there is just another dimension present here

concentrated and jam-packed with black fruit preserves and fantastic freshness to balance

creme de cassis