Tasting Notes
JancisRobinson.com 18
85.5% Cabernet Sauvignon, 14.5% Merlot.Bright, purple-black hue. Huge depth of fruit. Abundant reserve but vigour and freshness as well. Creme de cassis aromas. Firm but fine tannins fully integrated. Length and drive on the finish. Ticks all the boxes. Promises well.
Anticipated maturity: 2032-2055
Vinous 96
The 2020 Leoville Barton has a very concentrated and opulent bouquet with lavish blueberry and bilberry fruit and a veneer of new oak that will be subsumed in the near future. The palate is medium-bodied with succulent, ripe tannins. Cedar and touches of baking powder infuse the layered red fruit, segueing into a spicy, persistent finish. Classy. Tasted blind at the annual Southwold tasting.
Anticipated maturity: 2027-2060
Robert Parker 94
The 2020 Leoville Barton reveals a deep purple-black color, springing from the glass with vivacious scents of crushed black cherries, cassis and black raspberries, plus hints of cinnamon toast, wild sage, red roses and sassafras. The medium to full-bodied palate is packed with muscular black fruits, framed by grainy tannins and loads of freshness, finishing long and perfumed.
Anticipated maturity: 2026-2047
