1961 Château Léoville Barton

Community Tasting Notes (24) Avg Score: 92.6 points

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  1/14/2023 - maaike2 wrote: 97 Points

  Wow. An impressive wine. From Magnum. Beautiful balanced wine with still fruit and freshness, and showing earthiness, leather, round, acids and tannins balanced, a miracle -wine, a fantastic exposure of this great vintage.

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  1/14/2023 - FransS wrote: 96 Points

  A very special birthday dinner (Amsterdam): A magnum (level very upper shoulder), very deep, ripe colour, creamy, but also earthy, and a nice minty bouquet with a firm dose of wood; after some aeration the earthy impression and the wood became more modest and the wine became smoother. The aftertaste of this super concentrated wine was very long.

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  11/27/2022 - bridgemaster Likes this wine: 93 Points

  Cork was intact, providing a good seal.
  Decanted one hour before serving. Light crimson, no sign of browning.
  Developed well over the next three hours, gradually opening up. Still plenty of fruit.

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  5/20/2022 - NickA Likes this wine: 90 Points

  Ferrari F40 in the rain (A farmhouse in leafy Kent): Gentle and easy, with high acidity, some iron, and not much fruit. Fun with the cheese but had probably seen better days.

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  5/20/2022 - fussyeater wrote: 91 Points

  Ferrari F40 in the rain! (Kent countryside, UK): Colour was translucent crimson so looked quite aged. Nose seemed to evoke being sat in an old leather seat in the National Liberal Club and not a great deal else. Red fruits on the palate and quite searing acidity and definitely on its descent. Still a real privilege to try and an experience.

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