Saint Julien

59% Cabernet Sauvignon, 27% Merlot, 12% Petit Verdot, 2% Cabernet Franc. From the Cuvelier family who own Chateau Leoville Poyferre, this wine delivers a similarly elegant and profound perfume of...(read more)

71% Cabernet Sauvignon 25% Merlot 4% Cabernet Franc This second wine of Chateau Léoville Barton comes from young vines and plots that have not reached the high level of requirement to enter in th...(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.

Saint Pierre may have trouble getting as well-known as its Saint Julien peers, but since M. di Costanzo (ex technical director at Cos) arrived here in 2000, they have not put a foot wrong - the v...(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)

Deep violet-laced crimson which coats the glass. Rich dry fruit, though with a sweet touch of vanilla and crème patissière to go with the tight cherry and blackcurrant. A nice consistency on the...(read more)

Much dumber on the nose than Langoa, much more Cabernet in character. Thick and serious. Dense yet fresh in expression. Fruitcake, black fruit, spice, indivisible. Lovely dry structure filled wit...(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)

Very intensely concentrated wine this year from Barton, lovely texture, if with a less smooth and velvety texture - here the tannins are wilder and the flavours full of layers and excitement. Hugely con...(read more)

Great effort here. A really good second wine from the Gruaud team. Silky, quite easy flow, but lovely matter to the textured fruit core. Quite a joyful wine that sits well in the mouth and delive...(read more)

High 72% Cabernet gives this second wine firm, direct fruit with the natural rich smoothness seen in the grand vin. More elegant and precise than in the past.

Silky attack. Polished ripe tannins. This is rich fruited but not over the top - well balanced. Deep fleshy morello cherry and some spots of blackberry jam. Everything you could ask for - but for...(read more)