Château Léoville Barton Saint-Julien Red Bordeaux Blend 1998

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Wine writer http://www.israelwines.co.il

Leoville Barton Saint Julien Grand Cru Classe is a lovely Bordeaux that shines again again over vintages. It seems to me that it never surrendered to the Parker impact and stayed true to its old school nature of restrained power and complexity at a good value. This wine needs time to mature, it’s not made for early drinking and it requires patience and this patience pays of! The 1998 is simply singing these days and I am so happy I secured a case! The wine is earthy with notes of dry leaves, dump forest floor, coffee, licorice, black currents and cigar box, the body is full and complex with lovely dry tannins that add a nice touch of sophistication and complexity, the finish is long and elegant. Old school and delicious! My score 91, drink to 2024

Beau Carufel

Winemaker/Owner Random Wine Company

Awwww yea! Black fruit and brett working in beautiful proportions!

Jeremy Shanker

Sommelier at RN74

Hibernating at the moment, but the potential is there

Alder Yarrow

Wine Blogger Vinography

Tight tobacco and graphite layered over red fruits and abut of smoke.

Alexandre Calvi

Black ripe fruit, some Brett, leather and purple flower, great minerality

Steve Messinger

Rich complex cedar aromas w hint of oak, Mouth filling flavored, great balance w long finish

Rashmi Primlani

So pretty, elegant tannins.

Chris MacLean

Great nose had my hopes high but this was likely in a dead phase: no liveliness to speak of. The flavors were detectable but buried.

James Parker Huston, CWE

Sommelier Charlie Palmer

Happy Holidays!

James Parker Huston, CWE

Sommelier Charlie Palmer

Happy Monday!