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2001 Ch Léoville Barton 2ème Cru St Julien - 12x75cl
  • Colour Red
  • Producer Château Léoville Barton
  • Region St Julien
  • Drinking 2017 - 2030
  • Case size 12x75cl
  • Available

2001 - Ch Léoville Barton 2ème Cru St Julien - 12x75cl

  • Colour Red
  • Producer Château Léoville Barton
  • Region St Julien
  • Drinking 2017 - 2030
  • Case size 12x75cl
  • Available

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  • Goedhuis, April 2002

    Anthony Barton has done it again and has produced beautifully balanced classic claret. Althoughthere has been lots of investment recently this is still a very traditionally run Chateau. Vats may be new but they are oak not stainless steel. The wine is concentrated but this comes from the vineyards and not from some new wine making techniques. Once again this is one of the wines of the vintage.

  • Goedhuis, April 2002

    Anthony Barton has done it again and has produced beautifully balanced classic claret. Althoughthere has been lots of investment recently this is still a very traditionally run Chateau. Vats may be new but they are oak not stainless steel. The wine is concentrated but this comes from the vineyards and not from some new wine making techniques. Once again this is one of the wines of the vintage.


  • Neal Martin, September 2021, Score: 91

    The 2001 Léoville-Barton presents plenty of brambly red fruit on the nose, along with singed leather and mushroom; it’s just a little more animally than I expected. The palate is medium-bodied, fresh and sappy, offering supple tannins and a fine bead of acidity, and lightly spiced with white pepper and clove. Quite persistent in the mouth. Not sophisticated, perhaps, but classic in style, fresh and toothsome.


  • Neal Martin, August 2018, Score: 92

    The 2001 Léoville-Barton is drinking extremely well at 17 years of age. Mellow on the nose with blackberry, sage, tobacco and light graphite notes, there is an uncommon extravagant edge to this wine. That comes through on the palate that feels as if it has slightly lower acidity than other vintages, rounded in texture with a toasty, cedar-infused finish. It does not quite have the breeding that I discerned a decade ago but it still has plenty to offer, not least a sense of approachability. 92/100 DRINK 2018 - 2030


  • Robert Parker, June 2004, Score: 92

    Consistent from bottle (I tasted it three times), this is an outstanding offering, although not quite at the prodigious level of the 2000. Civilized and approachable for a young Leoville-Barton, it exhibits a saturated plum/purple color along with classic Bordelais aromas of damp earth, creme de cassis, smoke, vanillin, and tobacco. Medium to full-bodied and rich, with high but well-integrated tannin, and a long, 40+ second finish, it should turn out to be a brilliant effort, and one of the stars of the Medoc. However, patience is essential. Anticipated maturity: 2008-2020.


  • Decanter, March 2002

    Very deep, intense pure red, very fine nose of clear Cabernet fruit, cassis and a little cedar wood, lovely balance and lovely extraction, still showing a little hard tannins behind the very polished fruit, but these will soften with ageing. Very attractive.


  • Jancis Robinson, April 2002, Score: 17.5

    Deep purple and very, very dry in style. Very gentle texture, but awfully dry in style - interesting! No pandering to modern style - just goes its own way. Thoroughly admirable. Drink 2009-2020


  • Clive Coates, June 2002

    Very fine colour. Closed on the nose but very concentrated and very promising. Full body. Excellent tannins. Splendid grip. Marvellous, concentrated fruit. Old viney and multi-dimensional. Totally enticing. Very long. Complex and very classy finish. This is a very splendid wine. From 2011.

Producer

Château Léoville Barton

One of the great names in classically styled claret, Léoville Barton has been owned by the same family throughout its entire existence - an unheard of rarity in Bordeaux. Their roots can be traced back to 1826, when Hugh Barton bought 50 hectares of vines in the heart of St Julien and subsequently Château Leoville Barton was made a 2ème Cru Classe in the 1855 classification. Today, the Château is run by Anthony Barton’s dau...Read more

One of the great names in classically styled claret, Léoville Barton has been owned by the same family throughout its entire existence - an unheard of rarity in Bordeaux. Their roots can be traced back to 1826, when Hugh Barton bought 50 hectares of vines in the heart of St Julien and subsequently Château Leoville Barton was made a 2ème Cru Classe in the 1855 classification. Today, the Château is run by Anthony Barton’s daughter Lillian and her son Damien Barton-Sartorius. Unusual for the Médoc region, there is no château based on the property. As a result, the wines are vinified and aged at neighbouring Langoa Barton, which as its name suggests, is also owned by the Barton family.Read less

Region

St Julien

St Julien is like the middle child of the Médoc - not as assertive as Pauillac or as coquettish as Margaux. It lies firmly between the two more outspoken communes and as a result produces a blend of them both. St Julien's wines have often been sought out by aficionados for their balance and consistency, particularly in the UK. Yet due to its middle child nature, it can occasionally be overlooked globally and as a result underrated by those markets outside the UK. Despite the fact that it has no first growths, it has several second growths including Léoville Las Cases, Léoville Barton, Léoville Poyferré and Ducru Beaucaillou as well as the celebrated châteaux such as Talbot and Beychevelle.