A week in Bordeaux (Mouton, Pontet Canet, D'Issan, Langoa & Leoville Barton, SHL, Arbo, Pavie, Fleur de Bouard, Cheval Blanc, VCC, Figeac); 5/21/2023-5/26/2023 (Left and Right banks of Bordeaux): Tasted at the Chateau along with two other wines. My first '22s. Not sure how long this saw air before we tasted (the barrel sample was in the bottle and open well before we arrived). Drinking very well now given it's age. More powerful than the '22 Langoa (b/c of more CabSav in the blend). I believe the '22s will need lot of cellar time! 2-3 more points with 10 years of age? Their newly redesigned/renovated facility is really impressive and the grounds are beautiful. Definitely worth the visit! My favorite of the three tasted (my wife's favorite was the Langoa Barton). Brad - heavypourwine.com
Bordeaux 2022 en Primeur and some recent vintages: Lots of cassis in the nose, powerful and austere as we know Leo Barton. Great potential, but who buys this wine needs patience until at least 2037. Patience will be rewarded.
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The 2022 Leoville Barton shows a truly arresting bouquet with huge volumes of cassis, boysenberry, and potpourri. I'm taken aback by how obviously stately this is. A beautiful touch in the mouth. Really, really impressive - a true modern classic from Leoville Barton.
96-98
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With waves of sweet, perfectly ripe, luscious blackberries, you also find cassis, black cherries, creamy tannins, cigar box, lead pencil, and spice. The wine is deep in color with intensity, layers of fruit, and a finish that takes hold of your palate, and doesn't want to let go, leaving you with fruit that builds and resonates. The wine is a blend of 83% Cabernet Sauvignon, 11.5% Merlot and 5.5% Cabernet Franc, 14.1% ABV. The harvest took place September 8 - September 23. The yields were 30 hectoliters per hectare. Drink from 2028-2060. 96-98 Pts.
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The vintage of the century!!!! Yes I know we have already told you this several times but this time it is the real truthful truth! Who are we kidding again? It was very hot but it was very cold, it was very dry but it rained a lot, the grapes are very ripe but with acidity... And Darwin said that man and mammoth sperm were adapting to climate change, why not grapes? Primeur wines are all more beautiful than each other, it's true! But that is not enough to make an exceptional vintage. One dimension is missing, the lifespan of the wine. And frankly, let's be honest, who can foresee today, that such a climatically contrasting vintage will not be syrup or vinegar in 20 or 30 years when the 2016, 2018,19,20 will begin their peak?
97 vvPunkte / Nobel, tiefgründig, verspielt, dunkle Frucht, deutliche Mineralik, herrliche Veilchennote, dazu Kräuter und Gewürze, mit mehr Luft auch rotfruchtige Aromen, ein faszinierender Duft. Im Gaumen mit Rasse und Frische, was für eine Präzizsion, seidenweiches, top verpacktes Tannin, dieses macht sich erst ganz hinten Bemerkbar, der Wein hat Biss und zeigt viel Eleganz, hallt im Abgang minutenlang nach, eine Grazie. 2035 bis 2060 (Verkostet "En Primeur" im April 2023 / CVBG / Château Belgrave) #primeurs22 www.vvWine.ch
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En Primeur campaign for the 2022 vintage Day Four (Bordeaux): Blackberry, blackcurrant, plums, cedar, sweet spice and a little cream. Medium plus intensity acidity lends juiciness, fleshy, plenty of dark hued fruits, cedar, tannins are grainy, persistent but this is far more elegant than Sunday's tasting, balanced. Yum.
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En Primeur campaign for the 2022 vintage Day Two (Bordeaux): Plums over blackcurrant, sweet spice, slight cedar, cream, very slight cassis. Medium plus intensity acidity, plenty of dark hued fruit and chewy woody tannins but this the biggest and most bolshy Leoville Barton I've tasted. Woof.
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9/5/2023 - Peraix Likes this wine: 96 Points
Bordeaux 2022 barrel samples and some additional vintages (Solliden in Stockhom): A step above most of the 2022 St Julien I tasted and this was better than Beychevelle.
Powerful wine.
Bordeaux 2022 primeur tasting.
95-97+
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5/23/2023 - HeavyPourWine Likes this wine: 95 Points
A week in Bordeaux (Mouton, Pontet Canet, D'Issan, Langoa & Leoville Barton, SHL, Arbo, Pavie, Fleur de Bouard, Cheval Blanc, VCC, Figeac); 5/21/2023-5/26/2023 (Left and Right banks of Bordeaux): Tasted at the Chateau along with two other wines. My first '22s. Not sure how long this saw air before we tasted (the barrel sample was in the bottle and open well before we arrived). Drinking very well now given it's age. More powerful than the '22 Langoa (b/c of more CabSav in the blend). I believe the '22s will need lot of cellar time! 2-3 more points with 10 years of age? Their newly redesigned/renovated facility is really impressive and the grounds are beautiful. Definitely worth the visit! My favorite of the three tasted (my wife's favorite was the Langoa Barton). Brad - heavypourwine.com
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5/14/2023 - Collector1855 wrote: 95 Points
Bordeaux 2022 en Primeur and some recent vintages: Lots of cassis in the nose, powerful and austere as we know Leo Barton. Great potential, but who buys this wine needs patience until at least 2037. Patience will be rewarded.
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5/9/2023 - englishman's claret wrote: 97 Points
The 2022 Leoville Barton shows a truly arresting bouquet with huge volumes of cassis, boysenberry, and potpourri. I'm taken aback by how obviously stately this is. A beautiful touch in the mouth. Really, really impressive - a true modern classic from Leoville Barton.
96-98
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5/8/2023 - Jeff Leve wrote: 97 Points
With waves of sweet, perfectly ripe, luscious blackberries, you also find cassis, black cherries, creamy tannins, cigar box, lead pencil, and spice. The wine is deep in color with intensity, layers of fruit, and a finish that takes hold of your palate, and doesn't want to let go, leaving you with fruit that builds and resonates. The wine is a blend of 83% Cabernet Sauvignon, 11.5% Merlot and 5.5% Cabernet Franc, 14.1% ABV. The harvest took place September 8 - September 23. The yields were 30 hectoliters per hectare. Drink from 2028-2060. 96-98 Pts.
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5/6/2023 - watcheslover Likes this wine: 96 Points
96-97
The vintage of the century!!!! Yes I know we have already told you this several times but this time it is the real truthful truth! Who are we kidding again? It was very hot but it was very cold, it was very dry but it rained a lot, the grapes are very ripe but with acidity...
And Darwin said that man and mammoth sperm were adapting to climate change, why not grapes? Primeur wines are all more beautiful than each other, it's true! But that is not enough to make an exceptional vintage. One dimension is missing, the lifespan of the wine. And frankly, let's be honest, who can foresee today, that such a climatically contrasting vintage will not be syrup or vinegar in 20 or 30 years when the 2016, 2018,19,20 will begin their peak?
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5/1/2023 - vvWine.ch wrote: 97 Points
97 vvPunkte / Nobel, tiefgründig, verspielt, dunkle Frucht, deutliche Mineralik, herrliche Veilchennote, dazu Kräuter und Gewürze, mit mehr Luft auch rotfruchtige Aromen, ein faszinierender Duft. Im Gaumen mit Rasse und Frische, was für eine Präzizsion, seidenweiches, top verpacktes Tannin, dieses macht sich erst ganz hinten Bemerkbar, der Wein hat Biss und zeigt viel Eleganz, hallt im Abgang minutenlang nach, eine Grazie. 2035 bis 2060 (Verkostet "En Primeur" im April 2023 / CVBG / Château Belgrave) #primeurs22 www.vvWine.ch
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4/25/2023 - chatters wrote:
En Primeur campaign for the 2022 vintage Day Four (Bordeaux): Blackberry, blackcurrant, plums, cedar, sweet spice and a little cream. Medium plus intensity acidity lends juiciness, fleshy, plenty of dark hued fruits, cedar, tannins are grainy, persistent but this is far more elegant than Sunday's tasting, balanced. Yum.
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4/23/2023 - chatters wrote:
En Primeur campaign for the 2022 vintage Day Two (Bordeaux): Plums over blackcurrant, sweet spice, slight cedar, cream, very slight cassis. Medium plus intensity acidity, plenty of dark hued fruit and chewy woody tannins but this the biggest and most bolshy Leoville Barton I've tasted. Woof.
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