Chateau Leoville Barton - Medoc 3eme Cru Classe

DESCRIPTION / TASTING NOTE

This is a lovely, heady wine and, while bearing the trademark muscle of the château, there is an almost seductive edge to the wine. Damien Barton-Sartorius advised that the tannins were rapidly and easily extractable this year, so the pump-overs were shortened accordingly. Like its sister wine, this is powerful, lush, but also energetic.

ABOUT PRODUCER

Château Langoa-Barton, 3rd Classified Growth, was the first of the two Bordeaux wine estates bought by Hugh Barton in the 1820s, the other being Léoville-Barton, 2nd Classified Growth.

Hugh Barton was a descendant of an Irish family which settled in Bordeaux in the 18th century and which has a long and distinguished history in the region’s wine trade. Both properties are still family-owned and run and together represent the longest tradition of unchanged ownership in the Médoc. Anthony Barton is the current proprietor but is gradually passing the reins to his daughter Lillian.