Chateau Leoville-Barton, Saint-Julien, 2006
The Barton family has owned Léoville Barton since 1826 — Anthony Barton steered the Second Growth through its modern renaissance, and his daughter Lilian Barton-Sartorius has taken the reins. The estate is famous for an old-school, structured style that demands time, and 2006 was a classical, cooler-feeling Saint-Julien year that suits the house signature exactly. Composed of roughly 78% Cabernet Sauvignon, 20% Merlot, and 2% Cabernet Franc, the wine is now approaching its drinking window after nearly two decades — the cassis and graphite still primary, the tannin finally yielding to reveal cedar, pencil shavings, dried violet, and that quietly elegant Saint-Julien grip. A textbook classical Bordeaux from a serious, traditional estate.
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The Barton family has owned Léoville Barton since 1826 — Anthony Barton steered the Second Growth through its modern renaissance, and his daughter Lilian Barton-Sartorius has taken the reins. The estate is famous for an old-school, structured style that demands time, and 2006 was a classical, cooler-feeling Saint-Julien year that suits the house signature exactly. Composed of roughly 78% Cabernet Sauvignon, 20% Merlot, and 2% Cabernet Franc, the wine is now approaching its drinking window after nearly two decades — the cassis and graphite still primary, the tannin finally yielding to reveal cedar, pencil shavings, dried violet, and that quietly elegant Saint-Julien grip. A textbook classical Bordeaux from a serious, traditional estate.
