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1982 Château Leoville-Barton

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Latest Sale Price

January 21, 2024 - $190

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RATINGS

91+ Stephen Tanzer

Highly aromatic nose of raspberry, redcurrant, graphite, licorice and cedar. Leanish, dry and classic, with firm acidity but less flesh than the '96. Lovely traditionally made claret, with terrific finesse and grip.

90+ Robert M. Parker Jr.

With massive, huge concentration, excruciating tannin, this earthy, meaty St.-Julien has everything...

17Jancis Robinson

Very, very dark and very, very powerful, and not yet fully evolved.

****/*Michael Broadbent

Half a dozen recent notes, all good but all with tannic grip...

REGION

France, Bordeaux, St.-Julien

Saint-Julien is the smallest of the four main Médoc appellations with 2,175 acres of vineyards. It is just south of Pauillac on the left bank of the Gironde, and although it has no First Growth châteaux, its 11 Classified Growth estates are widely admired. Robert M. Parker Jr. has written that winemaking in Saint-Julien from all classifications “is consistently both distinctive and brilliant.” He adds it is Médoc’s “most underrated commune.” The best-known estates are Léoville Las Cases, Ducru-Beaucaillou, Léoville Poyferré, Léoville Barton and Gruaud Larose, and most of those have riverside estates. The soil in this appellation is gravelly with clay. Cabernet Sauvignon is the main grape grown, and it is blended with Cabernet Franc, Merlot and sometimes small amounts of Petit Verdot.