Leoville Barton Saint Julien 2020 1.5 Liter / Magnum

Intense purple color. The nose is complex revealing aromas of black fruits, currant, and blackcurrant. On the palate, the wine is incredibly smooth and juicy while being subtly spicy. It reveals raspberry and plum notes with elegant acidity and fine tannins. Blend 85.5% Cabernet Sauvignon, 14.5% Merlot

Critical Acclaim

97 Jeb Dunnuck

Deep purple-almost blue-in color, the 2020 Chteau Loville Barton offers up an exotic, vibrant, perfumed nose that carries loads of pure cassis fruit interwoven with violets, sappy green herbs, and floral aromatics. Rich, medium to full-bodied, and concentrated, this thick, chewy, powerful Saint-Julien has good acidity, building, firm, yet ripe tannins, and a great finish. My money is on this requiring 15 years to come anywhere close to maturity. It doesnt get any more classic Barton than this.

96 James Suckling

Aromas of dark berries, ash, tar, blackcurrants and lead pencil, following through to a medium to full body, with firm and integrated tannins and a medium, chewy finish. Needs four to six years to soften and come together. Very tight and nicely structured.

96 Vinous

The 2020 Loville Barton is compelling. It offers up a gorgeous mix of vintage 2020 intensity married to the classicism Loville-Barton have come to expect. Blackberry, graphite, dried herbs, menthol and dark spice abound. Whereas so many Saint-Juliens are exuberant in 2020, Loville-Barton is very much buttoned up, showing just a twinkle of mischief that lets you know the best is yet to come.

96 Wine Enthusiast

Dense and with velvety tannins, this wine has great structure and concentration without being too weighty. This solid wine is sure to age.

96 Wine Spectator

A bold, strapping young wine, with vivid plum, cassis, kirsch and black licorice notes that meld steadily as they cruise through, carried by a bolt of graphite and finishing with a flourish of violet, anise and apple wood. Mouthwatering in the end. Built for the cellar. Cabernet Sauvignon and Merlot.

95 Wine Advocate

The 2020 Loville Barton reveals a deep purple-black color, springing from the glass with vivacious scents of crushed black cherries, cassis and black raspberries, plus hints of cinnamon toast, wild sage, red roses and sassafras. The medium to full-bodied palate is packed with muscular black fruits, framed by grainy tannins and loads of freshness, finishing long and perfumed.