- Home/
Château Léoville Barton Saint-Julien Red Bordeaux Blend 1996
This impressive wine is a classic... it exhibits a dense ruby/purple color in addition to abundant black currant fruit intertwined with spicy oak and truffle-like scents. The wine is brilliantly made, full-bodied, and tightly-structured with plenty of muscle and outstanding concentration and purity. It should turn out to be a long-lived Leoville Barton, and somewhat of a sleeper... Anticipated maturity: 2007-2030. Robert Parker
Ratings on Delectable
Loren Grossman 
Vintner Wilde Farm Wines
In a great place. Black and red fruit, cassis, graphite, sage. Fine, coating tannins. Drink or hold.
In a great place. Black and red fruit, cassis, graphite, sage. Fine, coating tannins. Drink or hold.
9.4
Cody Short
Leather, cedar, red fruits and softening tannins. Starting to drink well
Leather, cedar, red fruits and softening tannins. Starting to drink well
9.4
Ron R
21 years in and still flourishing. Jam compote and lead pencil on the nose. Beautiful poise and grace on the palette. Lovely, brambly fruits, complemented barrel toast. Barton never disappoints.
21 years in and still flourishing. Jam compote and lead pencil on the nose. Beautiful poise and grace on the palette. Lovely, brambly fruits, complemented barrel toast. Barton never disappoints.
9.4Ron R
This has stood still. Cigars, leather and dill on the nose and palate. Lovely texture, with an elevated finish. Drink or hold for 3 - 5 years longer. Stop Press - wifey no likey
This has stood still. Cigars, leather and dill on the nose and palate. Lovely texture, with an elevated finish. Drink or hold for 3 - 5 years longer. Stop Press - wifey no likey
9.3
Phil Stice
Pencil shaving. Dried fig. Sweet fruit profile. Tannins resolved and melted away
Pencil shaving. Dried fig. Sweet fruit profile. Tannins resolved and melted away
9.5Ron R
Smoke, rocks, stones, graphite and dark fruits on the nose. As with all of Barton's wine, the mouthfeel is impeccable. Not heavy, nor sweet, just right. Ethereal texture. Supple tannins, finishing with sage, leather, spice and a hint of road tar. I know it reads like muck, but this is the stuff of kings and queens. 12.5% abv and a predominantly cab blend.
Smoke, rocks, stones, graphite and dark fruits on the nose. As with all of Barton's wine, the mouthfeel is impeccable. Not heavy, nor sweet, just right. Ethereal texture. Supple tannins, finishing with sage, leather, spice and a hint of road tar. I know it reads like muck, but this is the stuff of kings and queens. 12.5% abv and a predominantly cab blend.
9.4
Jayme Henderson-Steese
What a treat. This wine is tasting spectacular right now. Dried herbal notes, cigar box, faint fruitcake notes, cedar, teakwood, cassis, plums, forest floor. Elegant and lean with a bright, red-fruit driven finish. #leovillebarton #1996 #bordeaux #stjulien
What a treat. This wine is tasting spectacular right now. Dried herbal notes, cigar box, faint fruitcake notes, cedar, teakwood, cassis, plums, forest floor. Elegant and lean with a bright, red-fruit driven finish. #leovillebarton #1996 #bordeaux #stjulien
9.9
Steve Steese
Cassis, leather, cedar, balsam, rich vegetal notes, very lifted aromatics still, figs, fine tabacco/tea tannins. Bright acidity.
Cassis, leather, cedar, balsam, rich vegetal notes, very lifted aromatics still, figs, fine tabacco/tea tannins. Bright acidity.
9.5
Molly Brooks
Ooooohhhh. That's what Cabernet is supposed to taste like!? Sign me up.
Ooooohhhh. That's what Cabernet is supposed to taste like!? Sign me up.
9.3
Karl Ziegler
Tobacco, iodine and some deep dark fruit. Delicious now better in a few years
Tobacco, iodine and some deep dark fruit. Delicious now better in a few years
9.7
See all reviews and ratings on Delectable WARNING: DRINKING DISTILLED SPIRITS, BEER, COOLERS, WINE AND OTHER ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES MAY INCREASE CANCER RISK, AND, DURING PREGNANCY, CAN CAUSE BIRTH DEFECTS.