Chateau Leoville Barton 2002

WEINWISSER: 18 RENÈ GABRIEL´S BX TOTAL: "Samtenes, süsses, frisches Bouquet, Cassis, Johannisbeercreme, Tabak, Red Currant, Hagebuten. Seidener, eleganter Gaumen mit feinem Tannin, duftiger, süsser Aromatik, langer Abgang. 18/20 trinken - 2030"

JANCIS ROBINSON: "Lively, bright, low-key nose. A hint of Oxo. Dry, upright, thick, and dense. Needs lots of time. Acidity still pronounced. Tannins notable. Very chunky. Surprisingly soft at the finish. Will be a classic."

THE WINE ADVOCATE: "Even better from bottle than from cask, and one of the finest wines of the vintage, this dense purple-colored 2002 reveals wonderfully sweet notes of charcoal, fresh mushrooms, smoke, earth, leather, cassis, and cedar. Full-bodied, highly extracted, broodingly backward, dense, and deep, this impressively endowed offering is built for the long term. Anticipated maturity: 2012-2028."

THE WINE CELLAR INSIDER: 90 THE WINE CELLAR INSIDER: "The wine opens with cedar, cassis and earth and forest floor scents are found with time and animated coaxing. Austere and tannic, the wine demands at least another decade before the wall of tannins begin to be resolved."