CRITIC REVIEWS
Lisa Perrotti-Brown
Deep garnet-purple in color, the 2020 Leoville Barton slowly emerges from the glass with fragrant notes of peonies, cinnamon toast, cedar, Ceylon tea, and fallen leaves, giving way to a core of fresh blackcurrants, black raspberries, and mulberries plus a hint of wet pebbles. The new oak nuances on the medium-bodied palate contribute a cedary character to the vibrant black fruit and earthy flavors and a firmness to the ripe, grainy tannins, supported by a lively backbone, finishing long and perfumed. Still quite tight-knit and primary, give it a good 5-7 years in bottle and drink it over the next 25-years+.
Jane Anson
Packed full of black chocolate shavings, liquorice, cocoa bean, concentrated cassis and bilberry fruits. Good quality, will bed down and age extremely well, with depth and character but also classicism. As with many in this corner of the Médoc peninsula in this vintage, the austerity to the tannins is very much to the fore right now. May be upscored when in bottle.