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• Song111 Likes this wine: 92 points

  November 13, 2019 - well-kept 375 bottle, cork in great shape
  
  clear, M garnet
  Clean, M intensity
  cherry, plum, black currant, cassis
  violet, eucalyptus, Liquorice
  Toast, cedar charred wood and Earth
  
  Dry,
  Fruit has started to fade, but more than balanced by its complexity
  Same as nose but showing stronger earthiness
  Tannin M-,
  Acidity M+
  Body M
  Finish M+
  
  Ripe fruit with silky tannin, classical proportioned and rustic. The wine is getting fragile, and should be drunk up (375). Better when slightly warmer 20-21C

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• ralph@racohen.com wrote: 95 points

  November 2, 2019 - This was the first bottle i drank of a case I bought through Southwick Court Fine Wines in the UK. This wine was every bit as good as what was promised. it was perfectly balanced and surprisingly complex. Although the wine has years to go, not sure it will climb any further and now is a great time to indulge. it was an amazing showing.

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• Collector1855 wrote: 92 points

  October 29, 2019 - Medium ruby, still dark for the year. A bit tannic for the vintage with a rustic touch. Good, but drink with food.

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• MaxSiegel Likes this wine: 94 points

  October 28, 2019 - Abundant, slightly stewed cassis and dark cherry fruit on the nose, along with tobacco leaf, cedar, and lead pencil. Palate still shows ripe, luscious dark fruit. Very sweet and ripe for Leoville Barton in this warm vintage. Slightly spicy tobacco, along with some graphite. Finish is long and seductive. Very drinkable now but with plenty of life ahead. Still some, but not much, tannin to resolve, and plenty of acidity to keep the wine alive.

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• dream Likes this wine: 95 points

  October 26, 2019 - Superb older Bordeaux nose of grilled nuts and graphite minerals. This is a bottle in great condition and the wine is quite full and intense with rich black fruits and extraordinary graphite flavors. Deep and concentrated with still powerful and smooth tannins. Amazing how long this Château’s wines last and this is every bit as profound as the Las Cases in ‘90. Decanted 2 hours. 95+

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Wine Definition

• Vintage 1990
• Type Red
• Producer Château Léoville Barton
• Varietal Red Bordeaux Blend
• Designation n/a
• Vineyard n/a
• Country France
• Region Bordeaux
• SubRegion Médoc
• Appellation St. Julien
• UPC Codes 3258691171746, 3277034831857, 3660327010419, 3660327010815

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• Pending Delivery 50 (1%)
• In Cellars 3,795 (64%)
• Consumed 2,102 (35%)

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