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2004 Château Léoville Barton, St Julien, Bordeaux

  • Red
  • Dry
  • Full Bodied
  • Cabernet Sauvignon (75%), Merlot (23%), Cabernet Franc (2%)
Ready - mature (Drink 2010 - 2031)
Robert Parker
92+/100
Neal Martin
92/100
Charles Curtis MW
92/100
Julia Harding MW
17+/20
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2004 Château Léoville Barton, St Julien, Bordeaux

Description

Anthony Barton was not over-estimating this wine when he compared it to his outstanding 1996 - it is unquestionably of super Second Growth quality. With its more masculine style, this is always the star performer of the Barton brace and the 2004 expresses all that is best about this aristocratic estate. The nose is very fine and displays multi-faceted, lively fruit characteristics.The palate is dense with delicious, ripe, complex blackcurrant fruit and a fabulous, long, cool finish. This is a resounding success for the Barton family and is undoubtedly one of the star wines of the vintage.
Colour Red
Sweetness Dry
Vintage 2004
Alcohol % 13%
Maturity Ready - mature (2010 - 2031)
Grape List Cabernet Sauvignon (75%), Merlot (23%), Cabernet Franc (2%)
Body Full Bodied
Producer Château Léoville Barton

Critics reviews

Robert Parker 92+/100
This is an impressively endowed vin de garde that should age effortlessly for 20-30 years. How Anthony Barton continues to fashion uncompromisingly primordial Bordeaux that are always among the biggest and densest of all the St.-Juliens is beyond me, but he does it year in and year out. Moreover, when it’s time to set the price, he appears to have the consumer foremost in his mind. The 2004 is a classic Leoville-Barton meant for long aging. Concentrated, with loads of smoke, creme de cassis, forest floor, and earthy notes emerge from this impressive, but oh, so backward wine.
Drink 2015 - 2030
Robert Parker, Wine Advocate (Jun 2007)
Neal Martin 92/100

The 2004 Léoville Barton is less opulent on the nose than the Langoa but offers a little more refinement and terroir expression. A touch of seaweed develops with time. The palate is fresh on the entry. It is one of the most saline Léoville Barton that gets the saliva flowing. It is classic old-school Anthony Barton with a judicious dab of black pepper and menthol furnishing the finish. Excellent.

Drink 2024 - 2038
Neal Martin, Vinous.com (Jun 2024)
Charles Curtis MW 92/100
Picking began on 30 September for the Cabernet Sauvignon-dominated blend from Léoville-Barton; after fermentation, the ageing was done in 60% new casks. The wine is now showing some development, with slightly fading colour and the beginning of cedar, smoke, and earth notes to the blackberry fruit. Although everything was balanced and reasonably elegant, it lacked the depth and concentration to carry it to the next level for many tasters at our horizontal tasting, but I had it third from the top in its flight. 
Drink 2024 - 2045
Charles Curtis MW, Decanter.com (Mar 2024)
Julia Harding MW 17+/20
Complex nose of perfumed dark fruit along with a meaty note. Reasonably firm and young on the palate, not giving much away even now but very well balanced and already showing its elegance. Rich and a little chewy at the end and good length.
Julia Harding MW, JancisRobinson.com (Feb 2009)

About this wine

Saint-Julien

Saint-Julien

St Julien is the smallest of the ‘Big Four’ Médoc communes although, without any First Growths, it is recognised to be the most consistent of the main communes with many châteaux turning out impressive wines year after year. The wines can be judged as much by texture as flavour, and there is a sleek, wholesome character to the best. At their very finest they combine Margaux’s elegance and refinement with Pauillac’s power and substance.
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