1981 Leoville Barton
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Tasting notes
Tasting notes
Score 84/100 · Robert Parker
This medium-bodied wine has an attractive spicy, black currant fruitiness, melted tannin, and a decent finish. The 1981 is a good wine, but it lacks excitement and is clearly outdistanced by several other St.-Juliens in this vintage. Anticipated maturity: Now. Last tasted, 2/89. Jan 1998, www.robertparker.com
Critic scores
Critic scores
84
84/100
Robert Parker
About the producer

Leoville Barton
Ch. Léoville Barton is a Second Growth Saint-Julien estate, one of the three famous Léoville estates (along with Léoville Poyferré and Léoville Las Cases). Owned by the Barton family (along with Ch. Langoa Barton), it produces classically structured Claret that ages beautifully.