1996 Léoville-Barton, St-Julien
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1996 Léoville-Barton, St-Julien
Bid on this 2 - bottle lot of 1996 Léoville-Barton, St-Julien (92RP,92ST,90WS). "This impressive wine is a classic. Although backward, it exhibits a dense ruby/purple color in addition to abundant black currant fruit intertwined with spicy oak and truffle-like scents. The wine is brilliantly made, full-bodied, and tightly-structured with plenty of muscle and outstanding concentration and purity. It should turn out to be a long-lived Leoville Barton, and somewhat of a sleeper. However, patience will be required." - Robert Parker
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Auction Item Details
1996 Léoville-Barton, St-Julien
Quantity: 2
Bottle Size: 750 ml
Provenance: Purchased on release by a lifelong collector and stored in a home cellar since. Delivered to K&L Auctions by hand.
Condition: Excellent
92 points Robert Parker for Wine Advocate: "This impressive wine is a classic. Although backward, it exhibits a dense ruby/purple color in addition to abundant black currant fruit intertwined with spicy oak and truffle-like scents. The wine is brilliantly made, full-bodied, and tightly-structured with plenty of muscle and outstanding concentration and purity. It should turn out to be a long-lived Leoville Barton, and somewhat of a sleeper. However, patience will be required." (04/1999)
Professional Reviews
93
Wine Advocate
“The 1996 Leoville Barton appears more youthful than the 1996 Langoa Barton in the glass with a healthy deep garnet core. The aromatics unfurl gracefully in the glass revealing briary, wild hedgerow, black truffle and sandalwood scents -- firmly in secondary aroma stage but with appreciable presence and intensity. The palate is medium-bodied with grippy tannin that form its firm and classic structure, spice, white pepper and cloves infusing the slightly animally red berry fruit. This is an adorable Léoville Barton that is occupying a very 'happy' place at the moment - superb precision, old school claret at its best. (NM)” (10/2016)
92
Vinous
“Blueberry, roasted nuts, mint and a hint of game on the nose. Fat, sweet and multilayered; rich, ripe and deep. Offers a generous mouthfeel for a young '96 from the Medoc. Substantial ripe tannins spread out over the palate. Very long, ripe aftertaste. (ST)” (05/1999)
91
Wine Spectator
“Wild berries on the nose, with an exotic flower undertone. Full-bodied, with velvety tannins and a long, rich finish. Gorgeous red. Give it time. (JS)” (03/2007)
N/A
Jancis Robinson
“Open, expressive, esoteric nose where fruit is joined in equal intensity by vegetal and herbal notes, and oak spices. Retains that formal tannic feel during the very long finish. There's a farmyard note that is typically old-fashioned, but it all works in context. (RH) 17.5/20” (08/2025)
Product Details
Quantity: 2
Bottle Size: 750 ml
Provenance: Purchased on release by a lifelong collector and stored in a home cellar since. Delivered to K&L Auctions by hand.
Condition: Excellent
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