1995 Château Léoville Barton - France, Bordeaux, Médoc, St. Julien (7/21/2007)
WIML91,WA91,WS??

Tasted July 21, 2007. Opened and glass decanted at least 90 minutes before serving in a Spiegelau Authentis Magnum glass. Purple color in the glass, slightly opaque throughout. Nose of cedar, smoke, dark fruits, berries and plums. Flavors of red cherries and berries. Medium to full acidity, firm tannins, medium to full body. Hold. No where near ready. (91 pts.)

1995 Château Léoville Barton - France, Bordeaux, Médoc, St. Julien (7/23/2008)
WIML92

Tasted July 23, 2008 at an offline.

From memory. Opened and decanted about 2 plus hours before serving. Somewhere in the dark garnet to purple color range, clear hue throughout. Still a little tight on the nose and palate with mostly black cherries and berries coming throughout. Also some cedar notes on the nose. Still good acidity, tannins and fruit. I don't know if the fruit will outlast the acidity in this wine but I'd likely continue to open one bottle every couple of years to keep monitoring and hoping she blossoms further. At the moment I'd say it's drinking around the WIML92 mark (which is within 1 point of my last tasting of this wine) but that could go up or obviously down with more time in bottle. (92 pts.)