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Tasting notes
Score 90-93/100 · Wine Spectator

Roses, blackberries, currants and wet earth. Full-bodied, with velvety tannins and very pretty fruit. Long and juicy. A delicious wine, very balanced. Score range: 90-93. James Suckling,Wine Spectator 2009.

Critic scores

Critic scores
92
92/100

Average Score

92
90-93/100

Wine Spectator

92
92/100

Robert Parker

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92 points
Robert Parker
Score 92/100 · Robert Parker

Typically extracted and powerful (which is atypical in a vintage such as 2008), this offering may lack charm, but it is “locked and loaded” with plenty of background oak, huge black cherry and black currant fruit, medium to full body and a boatload of tannin. Forget it for 8-10 years and drink it over the following three decades. May 2011, www.robertparker.com

About the producer

Château Léoville Barton - 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.

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