6 bottles per lot
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Château Léoville-Barton--Vintage 1996
Saint-Julien, 2me cru classé
Tasting Note: Showing well at the Opening Union des Grands Crus tasting, April 1997: opaque; cedary; good flavour, silky-leathery tannic texture; fragrant. Classic fragrant, similar texture, good length but acidity noted (MW tasting November 2000). Most recently: now a plummy purple; mocha, coffee nose, more meaty than the '95; crisp fruit, lean, good but rather tart. Last tasted at a vertical of the 1990s decade at the château, November 2001. *** M.B.
6 bottles per lot
Saint-Julien, 2me cru classé
Tasting Note: Showing well at the Opening Union des Grands Crus tasting, April 1997: opaque; cedary; good flavour, silky-leathery tannic texture; fragrant. Classic fragrant, similar texture, good length but acidity noted (MW tasting November 2000). Most recently: now a plummy purple; mocha, coffee nose, more meaty than the '95; crisp fruit, lean, good but rather tart. Last tasted at a vertical of the 1990s decade at the château, November 2001. *** M.B.
6 bottles per lot