TN: 2000 Château Léoville Barton

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My take on the 2000 Leoville Barton (vs 2003 and 2002).

2000 Bordeaux are now 21 years old, finally reaching drinking age

Dinner with visiting family from out-of-town at a local Argentine restaurant on Monday 10/30/23 and I decided to lug along 2000/2002/2003 Leoville Barton for the mostly non wine-geek attendees. As I’ve noted with prior bottles from the same at-release purchase lot, 2003 continue to drink well and please those looking for a happy compromise between very ripe and still classic Bordeaux characteristics. Uncorked at the restaurant. The 2002, double decanted at about 2 hours before the 1st pour, …