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2009 Château Léoville Barton, St Julien, Bordeaux

  • Red
  • Dry
  • Full Bodied
Ready, but will improve
Lisa Perrotti-Brown MW
94/100
Jancis Robinson MW
17+/20
19/20
James Suckling
92-95/100
Robert Parker
93-95+/100
Product: 20091012361
2009 Château Léoville Barton, St Julien, Bordeaux

Description

Once again a deep, dense wine, Ch. Léoville Barton’s 2009 massively concentrated with dark, hedgerow fruit and ripe, but refreshingly firm tannins. An earthy complexity and savoury hint of oak mingle with the fruit on the palate. This will be a wine to keep for many a long year but it will be well worth the wait.
Colour Red
Sweetness Dry
Vintage 2009
Alcohol % 13
Maturity Ready, but will improve
Body Full Bodied
Producer Château Léoville Barton

Critics reviews

Lisa Perrotti-Brown MW 94/100
Medium to deep garnet colored, the 2009 Leoville Barton gives up expressive cherry cordial, warm cassis and blackberry tart scents with nuances of menthol, cigar box and fallen leaves. Medium-bodied and elegantly played with loads of freshness and soft tannins, it has a long, perfumed finish.Lisa Perrotti-Brown - 14/03/2019
Lisa Perrotti-Brown MW, (Mar 2019)
Jancis Robinson MW 17+/20
An intense nose with some strange oak note? Sweet, light, polished start. Pretty sinewy. A bit austere. Needs a lot of time. Deliberately slimline? But a very good complex undertow. A very slow burner. jancis_robinson_mw MW - JancisRobinson.com - Apr 2010
Jancis Robinson MW, JancisRobinson.com (Apr 2010)
19/20
Dense purple red, finely concentrated blackcurrant Cabernet nose with many layers of complexity, shows freshness above the controlled intensity of pure vineyard fruit, still shut in but a very great expression to come.
Decanter.com
James Suckling 92-95/100
Licorice, berry, grape and currant on the nose turns to crushed fruit. Full-bodied, with very fine tannins, pretty fruit, currant and mineral. A balanced and pretty wine. Not quite the intensity and blockbuster style of the 2005, but excellent! james_suckling - Wine Spectator - March 2010
James Suckling, WineSpectator.com (Mar 2010)
Robert Parker 93-95+/100
This behemoth possesses massive extraction, an opaque purple color, huge density, extreme tannins, and a nearly endless finish. Everything is there, but the highly extracted style and off the chart tannins ensures that no one over the age of forty will ever see this wine hit full maturity. Nevertheless, there is a lot to admire, and it's good to taste a wine that will not be ready to drink for 30+ years. No compromise! robert_parker - Wine Advocate - April 2010
Robert Parker, RobertParker.com (Apr 2010)

About this wine

Chateau Leoville Barton

Château Léoville Barton is the smallest portion of the great Léoville estate and has been owned by the Barton family since 1826. There is no château and the wine is made at Langoa Barton.
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