Chosen as a Top 100 Wine of the Yearin 2009 by Wine Spectator, this 2006 Saint Julien is wine for the long haul! Leoville Barton is a 2nd Growth vineyard planted to 72% Cabernet Sauvignon, 20% Merlot and 8% Cabernet Franc and the average age of the vines ... more

This 2nd Growth has had an amazing run in the 1980s, 1990s and in the first half of this decade. Parker calls the wines "a consecutive string of brilliantly successful wines." The vineyard is planted to 72% Cabernet Sauvignon, 20% Merlot and 8% Cabernet Franc and the average age of ... more

Robert Parker says that 2nd Growth Leoville Barton has had "a consecutive string of brilliantly successful wines." The vineyard is planted to 72% Cabernet Sauvignon, 20% Merlot and 8% Cabernet Franc and the average age of the vines is over 30 years. The wine itself is made at 'sibling' estate ... more

This 2nd Growth vineyard is planted to 72% Cabernet Sauvignon, 20% Merlot and 8% Cabernet Franc and the average age of the vines is over 30 years. The wine itself is made at Langoa Barton, since Leoville Barton does not have its own chateau, but it possesses a great reputation. ... more

Head and shoulders above its stablemate, Langoa Barton, proprietor Anthony Barton’s 2009 Leoville Barton is another massive, excruciatingly rich, tannic, potentially long-aged wine. Meant for consumers with old fashioned tastes, it boasts a dense opaque purple color as well as a bouquet of licorice, forest floor, unsmoked cigar tobacco and ... more