Reserve Leoville Barton Size:12x750ml The grapes ripened slowly given

The grapes ripened slowly given the cooler temperatures of February and March and were picked between the 21st and 26th of February

From a vintage with a very warm summer and rainy September

if not completely cleaned up to where the reduction was more of a nuance rather than dominating the ripe dark currant

Readers who like more aromatic and flavor nuance will want to give the 2011 a little more time in bottle

flowers and sweet red berries punctuate the explosive finish

Reserve Leoville Barton Size:12x750ml The grapes ripened slowly givenTasted blind at the Southwold Bordeaux tasting. The 2012 Rserve de Loville Barton has a fruit driven, open, pure raspberry and crushed strawberry scented bouquet that is simple but designed to seduce. "Punter friendly," as they say. The palate is medium bodied with a sweet entry, fleshy in the mouth, soft tannin with a smudged, easy drinking, commercially minded finish. Tasted January 2016.