Chateau Leoville Barton 2020 is a superb wine with classic cassis and black fruit aromas on the nose. There is a lovely balance of traditional pencil shavings and cigar notes with classy new oak flavours of coffee, liquorice and cedar. Concentrated and opulent with fine grained tannins and glossy oak falvours. Will age gracefully for years.

Chateau Leoville Barton has been owned by the Barton family since 1826. You’d have thought that they would have got round to building a Chateau by now, but uniquely, they have no such building and the wines are made at neighbouring Langoa Barton. Eighth and ninth generation Lilian and Damien Barton run the estate today and quality continues to soar. The wine remains one for aging and is firmly in the traditional camp, although it is no longer just seen as a reliable choice, but as being consistently one of Bordeaux’s best wines.