Château Leoville Barton 2003
Château Léoville Barton 2003 is a red wine from Saint-Julien in Bordeaux, produced by Château Léoville Barton and classified as a 2nd Grand Cru Classé in 1855. Its blend comprises 65% Cabernet Sauvignon, 28% Merlot, and 7% Petit Verdot. The Wine Advocate awards it 96/100, Jancis Robinson 17/20, and James Suckling 92/100. Critics describe a full-bodied and dense wine with dark fruits and undergrowth notes, featuring fine or velvety tannins. The Wine Advocate indicates a drinking window of 2014 to 2044; Jancis Robinson recommends drinking from 2010 to 2017.
La bouteille proposée
- Size
- Bottle (75cl)
- Packaging
- Loose
- Label Condition
- Perfect
- Fill Level
- Perfect
- Capsule Condition
- Perfect
Identité du vin
- Couleur
- Red
- Pays
- France
- Région
- Bordeaux
- Appellation
- Saint Julien
- Producteur / Domaine
- Château Leoville Barton
- Millésime
- 2003
Cépage et assemblage
- Grape Variety
- 65% Cabernet Sauvignon, 28% Merlot, 7% Petit Verdot
Château Leoville Barton
Château Léoville Barton is a wine estate in the Saint-Julien appellation, in the Médoc, classified as a Second Growth in 1855. Its 50-hectare vineyard, situated on Garonne gravel with a clay subsoil, has been owned by the Barton family since 1826. Lilian Barton Sartorius currently chairs the family estate.
- Owner
- Famille Barton
- Maître de chais
- François Bréhant
- Surface (ha)
- 50.00 ha
- Production (average bottles per vintage)
- 180 000 bouteilles/an
Histoire du domaine
The history of the Barton family in Bordeaux begins with Thomas Barton, who left Ireland in 1722 and settled in Bordeaux in 1725, where he founded a wine merchant’s firm. His grandson, Hugh Barton, expanded the family’s wine trading business. After acquiring Château Langoa in 1821, Hugh Barton purchased part of the former Léoville estate in 1826, which then took the name Château Léoville Barton. The château was classified as a Second Growth in the 1855 Médoc wine classification. In the 20th century, Ronald Barton took over the management of the family’s Saint-Julien estates from 1924. Having left France in 1940, he returned to the estate in 1945 and set about restoring the vineyards, which had been damaged by the war. Having no children, he passed the estates on to his nephew Anthony Barton in 1983. Anthony Barton subsequently contributed to the commercial development and international reputation of Léoville Barton. The estate is still owned by the Barton family today, under the chairmanship of Lilian Barton Sartorius, with her children Mélanie and Damien also involved. François Bréhant is the technical director and has direct responsibility for winemaking, working alongside the consultant oenologist Eric Boissenot on the blends.
