1993 was not a particularly good vintage in Bordeaux, but Robert Parker called Leoville Barton "one of the biggest, richest, most impressive wines of the vintage." Although it may have faded slightly from its best form, the wine is drinking beautifully tonight.
Medium red, considerably lighter than the 2004 Penfolds Cab beside it at the table. It is also lighter in body than the Penfolds, and the tannins have subsided, releasing intriguing, beautifully complex flavors. Red currants, raspberries, cherries, cassis. Oak is perfectly integrated into the fruit. Polished texture on mid-palate, leading into a long, satisfying finish. I think it is showing better tonight than it did a year ago when it may have been outclassed by a 1982 Haut Bages Liberal that accompanied it at the table.
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