Chateau Leoville Barton, Saint Julien Grand Cru Classe 2014

Chateau Leoville Barton, Saint Julien Grand Cru Classe 2014A second growth property and one of the finest wines produced in St Julien. Loville Barton develops the classic cedary character that is the hallmark of St. Julien, along with intensely pure blackcurrant and cassis fruit notes. Loville Barton's wines are made for extended cellaring and tend to show at their best with 10 15 years of bottle ageing. This is a very classy wine that hits all the right notes.

with long skin contact (12 hours) and fermentation in stainless steel using indigenous yeasts

almost extinct

Altitude here varies between 400-600m

Complex and with a long toasty

Charles and Ruth Simpson have been making award-winning wines in the South of France since 2002

Work in the vineyard is vigorous and vines are monitored from the time the first buds appear in the spring

and alongside a dish of olives and roasted almonds

led by juniper

for a yearly production of about 2000 hectolitres

with fresh citrussy notes and crisp apple

in which red fruit dominates full off and which is full of juiciness

mouth-watering