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Leoville Barton 2015 (12x75cl)

Leoville Barton 2015 (12x75cl)

Always a favourite, with its often austere character rounded out in warm vintages as the 15, this Leoville-Barton is still as classy and understated as ever with a nice bit of graphite and wild flowers. Elegant and well made. It’s hard not to love this wine!

97 Jeb Dunnuck

I absolutely loved the 2015 Léoville-Barton and this has everything you could want from a Left Bank Bordeaux. Cassis, smoked earth, graphite, tobacco leaf, and thrilling amounts of minerality all emerge from this inky colored, full-bodied, power-packed, brut of a Saint-Julien that holds everything together and stays pure, balanced and elegant on the palate. It has a lot of tannins, yet more than enough fruit. The 2015 is a blend of 86% Cabernet Sauvignon and 14% Merlot, brought up in 60% new French oak, and it needs 7-8 years of bottle age and will shine for 2-3 decades. Bravo!
96 James Suckling

This is a very focused Barton with ultra-fine tannins that are so polished and chalky. It drives through the center palate with currant and berry character. Full-bodied, polished and straightforward with driving tannin. Love the texture. Class. Yes. Drink in 2021.
96+ Antonio Galloni - Vinous

A dense, powerful wine, the 2015 Léoville-Barton is going to need quite a bit of time to come together, as it is massively tannic and structured at this stage.
95 Wine Spectator

This delivers some serious wow, dripping with warm fig, blackberry and boysenberry reduction notes, along with melted black licorice and fruitcake flavors. Shows ample grip but remains beautifully polished, letting the fruit sail on. Don't worry though, as long echoes of roasted apple wood and tar signal that this is built for the long haul.
95 Wine Advocate

Deep garnet-purple colored, the 2015 Leoville Barton offers up notions of warm red currants, black raspberries and dark chocolate with wafts of cigar box, violets and bay leaves. Elegant, medium-bodied and sporting great freshness, the taut, tightly wound palate of intense red fruits and floral accents is well-framed with firm, grainy tannins, finishing on a lingering mineral note.

Drinking Window: 2022 - 2042

Reviewer Name: Lisa Perrotti-Brown

Review Date: 21st February 2018

Details

Year 2015
Colour Red
Country France
Region Bordeaux
Sub Region Saint-Julien
Designation
Classification
Pack Size 12x75cl
ABV 13°
Drinking Window 2022 - 2042
Drinking Recommendation Not Ready
LWIN 101236120151200750

Reviews (7)

97 Jeb Dunnuck

I absolutely loved the 2015 Léoville-Barton and this has everything you could want from a Left Bank Bordeaux. Cassis, smoked earth, graphite, tobacco leaf, and thrilling amounts of minerality all emerge from this inky colored, full-bodied, power-packed, brut of a Saint-Julien that holds everything together and stays pure, balanced and elegant on the palate. It has a lot of tannins, yet more than enough fruit. The 2015 is a blend of 86% Cabernet Sauvignon and 14% Merlot, brought up in 60% new French oak, and it needs 7-8 years of bottle age and will shine for 2-3 decades. Bravo!
96 James Suckling

This is a very focused Barton with ultra-fine tannins that are so polished and chalky. It drives through the center palate with currant and berry character. Full-bodied, polished and straightforward with driving tannin. Love the texture. Class. Yes. Drink in 2021.
96+ Antonio Galloni - Vinous

A dense, powerful wine, the 2015 Léoville-Barton is going to need quite a bit of time to come together, as it is massively tannic and structured at this stage.
95 Wine Spectator

This delivers some serious wow, dripping with warm fig, blackberry and boysenberry reduction notes, along with melted black licorice and fruitcake flavors. Shows ample grip but remains beautifully polished, letting the fruit sail on. Don't worry though, as long echoes of roasted apple wood and tar signal that this is built for the long haul.
95 Wine Advocate

Deep garnet-purple colored, the 2015 Leoville Barton offers up notions of warm red currants, black raspberries and dark chocolate with wafts of cigar box, violets and bay leaves. Elegant, medium-bodied and sporting great freshness, the taut, tightly wound palate of intense red fruits and floral accents is well-framed with firm, grainy tannins, finishing on a lingering mineral note.

Drinking Window: 2022 - 2042

Reviewer Name: Lisa Perrotti-Brown

Review Date: 21st February 2018

Producer

Leoville Barton

The Barton family purchased part of the Leoville estate in 1826 to create Leoville Barton. Yet as no Chateau came with the sale the wine is made at their sister property Langoa Barton, also under Barton family ownership. The wine is renowned for being consistently fairly priced when compared to other Bordeaux classed growths. The fruit becomes more distinguished over the decades gaining secondary characters of cigar box, cedar and leather.

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