Bid on this 3-bottle lot of 2018 Léoville-Barton, St-Julien (97JA, 97JD, 97JS, 97WE, 97WS, 96VN, 94RP). Wine Enthusiast: "In this wine, fine and rich tannins partnerwith powerful black-plum and black-currant fruits. Densely textured while also having swathes of rich fruits, the wine shows both a firm side and one that offers total deliciousness. As it matures, both these aspects will come together. *Editors' Choice* (RV)" (03/2021)
2018 Léoville-Barton, St-Julien
Current price: $240.00Ends in:
Included in this lot · 3 bottles
Provenance: Purchased on release from K&L or other reputable sources, and stored in a professional storage facility by a Bay Area collector.
2018 Léoville-Barton, St-Julien
97JA
97JD
97JS
97WE
97WS
96VN
94RP
Quantity:3Bottle Size:750 mlCondition:Excellent
Reviews
97
Jane Anson
03/2022
A brilliant Léoville, continuing to impress as it has every time I have tasted it. The width and depth of the ripe tannins is matched pace for pace by an elegance to the cassis, bilberry, blackcurrant fruit. As it opens, cocoa bean, smoked earth, charcoal, graphite and woodsmoke come spiralling out of the glass, and this is just gorgeous. Easily one of the wines of the vintage not just in St Julien but across Bordeaux. 70% new oak. Technical director François Brehant, consultant Eric Boissenot.
97
Jeb Dunnuck
03/2021
This estate has been on fire in recent vintages, and the 2018 Château Léoville Barton is up there with the best of them. Based on 82% Cabernet Sauvignon and 18% Merlot that was brought up in 60% new French oak, this classic, flawlessly balanced, straight-up awesome Saint-Julien has loads of cassis and mulberry fruits as well as notes of freshly sharpened pencils, leafy tobacco, chocolate, and earth. Rich, medium to full-bodied, and concentrated on the palate, it has building tannins and healthy acidity, yet the fruit is pure, perfectly ripe, and wonderfully integrated with all the wine's components. As is normal with this cuvée, it closes down with extended air and is going to take a solid 8-10 years of bottle age to reach the early stages of maturity. It's going to evolve for 30-40 years in cold cellars.
