TN: 1998 Château Léoville Barton (France, Bordeaux, Médoc, St. Julien)

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1998 Château Léoville Barton - France, Bordeaux, Médoc, St. Julien (4/15/2018)
Following up from a bottle of the 1999 I had last week, I decided to open the 1998 with our beef stew. It’s a step up in depth and complexity from the 1999, though the two wines have a clear connection-they are both clearly Barton. For the 1998 there is deep red fruit, cedar plank, tobacco, and dusty, round finishing tannins. It’s quite complete and satisfying in a classical mode. Overall it’s pretty much everything I want in a Bordeaux. Drink now or ten years from now.

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Thanks for the note David,
I have one bottle of this vintage that I bought on close-out and have been vacillating about when to open it. I have queued it up several times only to send it back to the cellar. Sounds like you think it is pretty wide open.

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1998 Left Banks are drinking good now. Right Bank and Graves still babies.

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David - which is your favorite Leoville estate?

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Barton. Las Cases is too expensive, and I do not particularly care for the style of modern Poyferre.