Chateau Leoville Barton 2011

Professionele reviews

Winespectator (92)

This has some slightly rugged grip, with a prominent charcoal frame. Delivers ample flesh at the core, offering plum cake, currant preserves and smoldering tobacco leaf notes, offset by a tangy hint of anise. Should settle in well enough after modest cellaring.

James Suckling (92)

A sleek, refined wine with blueberry, mineral and dried-flower character. Medium to full body with firm tannins. Bright and racy.

Jancis Robinson (17)

Tasted blind. Bright crimson. Lots of intrigue in a still-dumb nose. Very dense and solid with notes of stones and cassis. Solid fruit density compensates for the tannin and the acidity is not intrusive. Old fashioned but not faulty.

Wine Enthusiast (95)

Great swathes of fruit cross the tannic core in this impressive wine. Hints of wood aging peek out from beneath the sumptuous richness and spice. It is ripe, dense and obviously set for long aging.