Château Leoville Barton 2emé Cru Classé, Saint-Julien, 2022, 75cl Løse flasker grainy tannins and bold freshness

grainy tannins and bold freshness supporting the muscular black fruits

offering up a spectacular smorgasbord of aromas ranging from charcoal and camphor to black currant and blueberry liqueur and spring flowers

violets and creamy new oak

The structure is impressive and indicates great aging potential

Château Leoville Barton 2emé Cru Classé, Saint-Julien, 2022, 75cl Løse flasker grainy tannins and bold freshnessThe 2022 Loville Barton is performing brilliantly in bottle, wafting from the glass with aromas of cassis, pencil shavings, pen ink, cigar box and spices. Medium to full bodied, suave and velvety, it's dense and concentrated, with terrific energy and persistence. As readers will remember, it's the first vintage produced in the estate's new winery, which more than doubled the number of vats, permitting sub plot by sub plot harvesting and vinification,