2006 Château Léoville Barton, St Julien, Bordeaux Size:75cl no more than 30% for

no more than 30% for the top cuvées

the 2015 Promontory comes across as much more laid back today

- Vinous 89-91/100

That same cast of characters reprises with almost painfully concentrated piquancy

intense and

2006 Château Léoville Barton, St Julien, Bordeaux Size:75cl no more than 30% forFrom one of my favourite estates in Saint Julien, the 2006 Chteau Loville Barton is now fully mature (yet certainly youthful) and has a complex, layered profile that includes ample red and black fruits as well as perfumed notes of leafy herbs, cedar pencil, tobacco, and hints of crushed stone. Medium to full bodied, nicely balanced, and textured, it has the more focused, straight, classic style of this chteau front and centre, with integrated yet