2005 Château Léoville Barton, St Julien, Bordeaux Large Formats com (March 2022)

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velvety coating and a deeply comforting warmth

2005 Château Léoville Barton, St Julien, Bordeaux Large Formats com (March 2022)The 2005 Loville Barton is clearly one of the wines of the vintage. Powerful and strapping in the glass, the 2005 is a big, big wine. Huge swaths of tannin wrap around a core of inky black fruit, new leather, spice, gravel, mocha and liquorice. The wine's sheer density is impressive, but its balance is even more compelling. I might be tempted to give this another few years in the cellar. Readers lucky enough to own it will find a thrilling, potent