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Wine: Leoville Barton -
Vintage:
1995
Region: France - Bordeaux - St Julien
Varietal: Bordeaux Blend (Red)
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| I'm really reassessing these 1995s. Was James Suckling right? Well, no.... 1996-- certainly in the Medoc-- was much better than 1995. But these 1995s are coming into form. They are opening up a bit, shedding the iron tannins. This wine, while tannic, surprised me a bit in accessibility. The nose was very impressive, cedar and black currant. When you taste these Leoville Bartons of the 1990s-- starting, say, with the '94, '95, '96-- you really see the improvement in wine-making from the 1980s. The 1995 Leoville Barton is a very pure wine with another twenty years ahead of it. A nice tannic wine with the fruit to stand up to the tannins-- It doesn't leave you wondering on that issue like you do with the 1994 Leoville Barton. This will get even better. |
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| 95 Leoville Barton [St Julien] I was disappointed by the austere showing this made. To me the 96 was much better. There are some cordite/gunpowder aromas here but I prefer those on the trap/skeet fields rather than the dinner table. Maybe we just drank the far too young. 88 pts. |
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| Château Leoville Barton 1995 - Nice purple colour. Fruity (blackcurrant, fig), spicy, floral, complex nose. Lots of fruit balanced with tannins, a bit earthy in mouth but a pretty long finish. A very nice wine, not quite as powerful as the Barton 1996 - 89 / 100. |
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| The '95 Leoville Barton was just another steady performance from this estate. Typical Leoville Barton, typical '95, more forward than its '96 counterpart. Typical 90 point rating. |
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| Had the 1995 Leoville Barton this past weekend, didn't have a decanter; day one, tough as nails. Day two, opened up into a lovely wine, with good cherry fruit and soft earthy tannins, but still too young for drinking. Rated 91+ |
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