Community Tasting Note

diegovilla'ch wrote:

Thursday, March 2, 2023 - Almost popped and poured, perfect into neck level, nice cork, '87 Barton.
Beautifully deep garnet coloured, with just slightly bricked rim. Good viscosity and quite slow legs.
The nose is elegant, typical, brightly Cabernet based, wet moss, macerated cherries, dried blackcurrants, crème de cassis, damp earth, cigar box, old school graphite, burnt wood, old leather.
Complexity is there, maybe a little green, charred bell pepper, cloves, dead leaves. The palate is medium bodied and still nicely structured, with almost resolved tannins, a refreshing acidity and a salty minerality.
Is like drinking liquid silk, altough not very deep, the wine still has some black fruits left, along with a nice taste of tobacco, espresso, and baking spices. Very earthy, the finish is quite long.
This is a very elegant, herbacious, light footed aged claret, which for me shows a great effort from Leoville Barton to make a top wine in a weak vintage.
Surely at apex since many years, but not at all down the hill or dead, indeed pretty alive, i believe you can wait up to 5 years or so if you like, and if the bottle is well stored.
Great as always classic St. Julien.

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