D
96
Decanter
JD
97
Jeb Dunnuck
JS
97
James Suckling
RP
94+
Robert Parker's The Wine Advocate
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97
Wine Enthusiast
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97
Wine Spectator
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Chateau Leoville Barton 2018

Product description

97 Points - Wine Spectator

Cassis, crushed plum and steeped blackberry fruit are all packed into this wine, along with tar, violet and roasted apple wood notes, plus a terrific tug of warm earth. It shows lots of energy in reserve, with a tightly knit finish pulling everything together. Cellaring required. Cabernet Sauvignon and Merlot. Best from 2026 through 2040.

97 Points - James Suckling 

Sweet berries, blackberries, raspberries and violets follow through to a full body with incredibly creamy, polished tannins that caress the palate. It's really long and polished. Gorgeous finish. Drink after 2025.

97 Points - Wine Enthusiast

This wine's refined and rich tannins partner with powerful black plum and blackcurrant 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. Drink from 2027.

97 Points - Jeb Dunnuck

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 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 usual with this cuvée, it closes down with extended air and will 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.

96 Points - Decanter

Well-polished blackcurrant, cassis and bilberry, everything pretty silky and firm. Not fully showing its generosity at this point, but no question that it is going to get there soon. Clear charcoal, graphite and woodsmoke as it opens up—a ton of life ahead and an appealing sense of mint freshness. Lives up to its en primeur promise - this is Léoville Barton at its most confident. Drinking Window 2026 - 2040.

94+ Points - Robert Parker's Wine Advocate

Deep garnet-purple in colour, the 2018 Léoville Barton needs a little swirling to coax out delicate notions of fresh blackberries, mulberries and cassis, plus touches of pencil shavings, and clove oil, charcoal and black truffles. The medium to full-bodied palate delivers a great intensity of earth and mineral-laced black fruit flavours, supported by firm, ripe, grainy tannins and seamless freshness, finishing on a lingering ferrous note. Give it a good 4-5 years in bottle and drink it over the next 20 years+.