Château Léoville Barton Saint-Julien | Bordeaux Wine Review

Detailed wine review, rating and full tasting notes of 2012 vintage Château Léoville Barton, Saint Julien, Bordeaux Grand Cru Classé Bordeaux red wine, France.

Watch the full episode of "Tasting with Julien' featuring the complete winery information about the properties of Barton & Guestier family, Leoville Barton and Chateau Langoa Barton 2009 vintage, some of the best Bordeaux wines, classified Grand Crus, as well as the complete information about the Médoc wine region of Saint-Julilen on Bordeaux' left bank of the Garonne River: https://youtu.be/sX_desw5HP8

Château Léoville Barton is a winery, vineyard, and wine estate in the Saint-Julien appellation of Bordeaux’ Left bank, Médoc, ranked a second growth in the 1855 Classification.
The château building that features on Léoville Barton’s label belongs to Langoa-Barton, Léoville Barton's sister estate.

The vineyard nestles in the heart of the St Julien terroir among the most beautiful slopes of Garonne gravel, facing the Gironde river. The clayey gravel subsoil allows excellent growing conditions whatever weather the vintage brings. The plowing is traditional, without weeding or herbicide. The grape varieties are Cabernet Sauvignon (74%), Merlot (23%) and Cabernet Franc (3%).
The harvest was done entirely by hand. After the de-stemming, the berries are carefully sorted, crushed and poured in wooden vats thermo-regulated, according to their plots. The alcoholic fermentation lasts from 7 to 10 days and the extraction is always respectful of the juice by adjusting the number of pumping depending on the cuvées and the vintages. The maceration is about 3 weeks then the juice is drawn in barrels, lot by lot. The wine is then aged between 16 and 18 months in French oak barrels of which 60% are brand new, in a cellar maintained at 15 °.
The wines are topped up 3 times a week to avoid any contact between the wine and the air, the racking is traditional using the so-called "à l'esquive" method.
This 2012 vintage of Château Léoville Barton is a blend of 86% Cabernet Sauvignon, and 14% Merlot.

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