Chateau Leoville Barton 1996 Saint-Julien 4 x 75cl / 12.5%

This lot contains four bottles of 1996 Château Léoville Barton from Bordeaux's Saint-Julien appellation.

Léoville Barton is a second growth, 45 hectare property planted with 72% Cabernet Sauvignon, 20% Merlot and 8% Cabernet Franc, and is known for its consistent, classic Saint Julien style and sensible pricing.

'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. Decant for an hour no more, then enjoy. Drink 2016-2035. 93/100' Neal Martin, Wine Advocate, tasted 2016

This lot comes from the temperature-controlled cellar of media businessman and wine enthusiast Lord Evgeny Lebedev, where it has been kept since purchase direct from UK importers.

This Chateau Leoville Barton 1996 sold at our online auction for £240