6 bottles per lot
Details
Château Léoville-Barton--Vintage 1996
Saint-Julien, 2me cru classé. Château-bottled
Tasting note: This impressive wine is a classic. Although backward, it exhibits a dense ruby/purple color in addition to abundant black currant fruit intertwined with spicy oak and truffle-like scents. The wine is brilliantly made, full-bodied, and tightly-structured with plenty of muscle and outstanding concentration and purity. It should turn out to be a long-lived Léoville-Barton, and somewhat of a sleeper. However, patience will be required. Anticipated maturity: 2007-2030. 92 points. Robert Parker, Wine Advocate #122, April 1999
6 bottles per lot
Saint-Julien, 2me cru classé. Château-bottled
Tasting note: This impressive wine is a classic. Although backward, it exhibits a dense ruby/purple color in addition to abundant black currant fruit intertwined with spicy oak and truffle-like scents. The wine is brilliantly made, full-bodied, and tightly-structured with plenty of muscle and outstanding concentration and purity. It should turn out to be a long-lived Léoville-Barton, and somewhat of a sleeper. However, patience will be required. Anticipated maturity: 2007-2030. 92 points. Robert Parker, Wine Advocate #122, April 1999
6 bottles per lot
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