Saint Julien

The 2014 Réserve de Léoville Barton has a little jamminess on the nose (one of the few Left Bank 2014s to demonstrate this.) It feels a little volatile and lacks some cohesion. The palate is medi...(read more)

Good wholesome aromatic fruit. Delicacy and precision, red fruit with high-toned red currant, then a bit more depth. There's really a very attractive richness here. A little spice. Goes on well.

83% Cabernet Sauvignon, 17% Merlot. A very different grape mix to its stablemate Gloria, and immediately a much more imposing and authoritative style. Ruby to black at the centre, rich velvety fe...(read more)

Deep colour, a healthy firm purple. Very pure, floral and fresh black fruit expressive nose. Sweet and taut, rounded with a sense of sucrosity. Tannins silky even if very present. The tannins lev...(read more)

As we heard so often, the Sarget (second wine) ended up with more Merlot, and the grand vin with a higher percentage of Cabernet, but here it is the Cabernet Franc which at 11% is at a significan...(read more)

70% Cabernet Sauvignon, 23.5% Merlot, 4% Petit Verdot, 2.5% Cabernet Franc. Very 'sauvignonny' Cabernet Sauvignon - blackberry leaf and elderberry, real freshness and edge, which in turn makes it...(read more)

‘Always seductively supple and precocious, the wine has opened beautifully, exhibiting classic cedar, mineral and cassis aromas in a medium to full-bodied, supple, rich format. This wine has reac...(read more)

Like the Fiefs, Cabernet dominates. Classic, tight and straight, but with a richness of texture and velvety feel, and still a considerable freshness of fruit. Really excellent, and the spice of wood that the carefull...(read more)

The 1996 Leoville Barton appears more youthful than the 1996 Langoa Barton in the glass with a healthy deep garnet core. The aromatics unfurl gracefully in the glass revealing briary, wild hedgerow, black truffle...(read more)

Deep dark colour going to black. The nose has a rich bass note of black fruit, and the palate is broad and weighty, black fruit of great intensity. Morello cherries on the finish, fine and intens...(read more)

82% Cabernet Sauvignon, 18% Merlot. In contrast to the Grand Puy Lacoste in the same 'stable', Ducru is sweet to taste, round and ripe, all of one piece, tannins fine but very present giving a fe...(read more)