1997 Château Léoville Barton

Community Tasting Notes (109) Avg Score: 89.7 points

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  11/29/2023 - Araldinho Likes this wine: 89 Points

  Medium deep brick red.
  Aromas of ripe plum, cassis, stable, cigar box, leather, stock cube, cloves and forest floor.
  Lively rounded tannins. Blackcurrant acids and sloe bitterness.
  Medium body.
  Palate of blueberry, blackcurrant, rowanberry, tobacco, wet tarmac, mint and wet grass.
  A structure-driven, slightly green, still typical Medoc where cassis fruit, cedar and spice are in beautiful balance. Yet, the wine lacks complexity and energy. It might improve somewhat with age. Tasted 2023.

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  7/27/2023 - Darbus123 Likes this wine: 90 Points

  I was a bit concerned after the cork crumbled and the wine poured very brown, but actually this a nice Pauillac given the vintage. There is powerful leather on the nose and the palate is very tertiary. The tannins are fully resolved which makes for easy drinking but the finish is short and the wine lacks depth, unsurprisingly. Fun to drink now, I see no reason to hold any longer.

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  8/24/2022 - Jontypont Likes this wine: 89 Points

  Solid old bourdeaux.

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  4/30/2022 - Volleyball Likes this wine: 93 Points

  Mature left bank Bordeaux with plenty of tertiary flavors, but rumours of its death and exaggerated. Medium bodied and well balanced wine.
  
  Once opened up, a fairly intense nose dominated but leather and cigar box.
  
  Flavor is more varied, with red fruits still prominent alongside the leather and some oregano. Generally savoury flavor. Quite a bit of acid and soft tannins. Long finish with the fruit persisting which I quite like.

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  12/25/2021 - samcolt wrote: 90 Points

  Drinking well, but time to drink up. Still some red fruit, but nice mix of tertiary flavors, Leather to fig.

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