1994 Château Léoville Barton

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  4/20/2024 - bpaq Likes this wine: 92 Points

  Amazing bottle. Part of a 3 bottle vertical of Leoville Barton.
  
  Rough on the nose upon opening, cork was not in the best condition but not completely ruined. After decanting for a while, the wine opened up and became much more enjoyable. Some sediment, but that is to be expected due to age.
  
  Bold and acidic, with notes of leather, oak, and dark fruits. Nice, lighter color to it. After letting it breath, this was an amazing drink, and excellent to compare with the other two vintages. The weakest of the 3, but if you only gave me this bottle I would have given it nothing but praise. Hopefully I can get another in better condition.

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  4/14/2024 - shafer1994 Likes this wine: 93 Points

  Still fresh after 30 years! Medium to dark color, fruity nose. No decant. When the cork was out, a smell of ripe fruits, cherry, blackberry and leather, tobacco filled the environment. Very balanced and silky finish. Will definitely hold a couple of more years.

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  3/9/2024 - atbarbar Likes this wine: 92 Points

  A classy fully mature St. Julien from a regular bottle in a tasting with the 1994 and 1995, side-by-side. Very enticing nose of gravel, graphite, cherries and just a bit of flowers and italian leather. With that I mean very elegant leather, restrained not tending to horse or manure. Elegance is the trademark of this wine. It has very balanced acidity on the palate supporting its structure. Smooth tannins I think reveal that this wine is ready to go. I think it is at its peak. Both the 1994 and 1995 showed considerably younger. Both of them appeared not to be as elegant as the 89. The 1994 had more forward fruit, a nose of more intense leather and gravel, less cedar elegance. A very drinkable wine that can nonetheless be in the bottle for a bit longer. the 1995 appeared the less compelling of the 3, with some imbalance between its somewhat alcoholic fruit and its acidity living on two separate layers and not enough body to support either. It is a pleasant wine but somewhat (at this point) inferior to the other two. I look forward to compare again some of this wines.

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  3/5/2024 - Araldinho Likes this wine: 93 Points

  Deep garnet.
  Aromas of tobacco, leather ceder, cassis, blackberry jam, cloves, balsamico and forest floor.
  Finely grained grippy tannins. Blackcurrant acids and dark chocolate bitterness.
  Medium/full body
  Palate of plum jam, cassis, wood fire, cedar, cinnamon, cardamom and bay leaf.
  A vital, rather big and complex Medoc with typical dark fruit, wonderful minerality and mouth-watering acidity and a beautiful spicy finish. Drink within 10-12 years.
  Tasted alongside Jaboulet, Chapelle, 1989 and the matched wine is more evolved, generous and jammier. The present wine is perfectly balanced and serious.

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  2/10/2024 - Xavier Auerbach wrote: 92 Points

  Pristine bottle, tenth from a full case purchased at auction in 2010. At 30 years of age, this is now fully mature. Classical nose, cedar and gravel, floral, tobacco and red berries; crisp Cabernet on the palate, light bodied, gently leafy, clear and transparent style, sandy tannins; very good resonance and length.

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