Description

Red Wine: 2008 | Chteau Loville Barton | Saint-Julien (Magnum)

Alluring, with warm fig sauce, plum and currant paste notes liberally laced with espresso bean and dark roasted vanilla bean notes.

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Producer: Chteau Loville Barton

Ratings: WA | 92 JS | 94

Vintage: 2008

Size: 1.5L

ABV: 13%

Varietal: Bordeaux Blend Red

Country/Region: France, Bordeaux

Alluring, with warm fig sauce, plum and currant paste notes liberally laced with espresso bean and dark roasted vanilla bean notes. Fleshy but focused, with the roasted edge adding definition and length.

Reviews:

• Wine Advocate: Typically extracted and powerful (which is atypical in a vintage such as 2008), this offering may lack charm, but it is ‘locked and loaded’ with plenty of background oak, huge black cherry and black currant fruit, medium to full body and a boatload of tannin.

• James Suckling: This was always one of the wines of the vintage with currant, cassis and chocolate aromas and flavors. Full body, chewy and polished tannins and a fresh and fine finish. Tight now but so beautiful. Decant a couple of hours before serving.

Producer Information

Chteau Loville Barton is a well-regarded estate in the Saint-Julien region of Bordeaux, ranked a second growth in the 1855 Classification. Quality has soared since the 1980s, and it is considered one of the most dependable wines in Bordeaux, gaining regular praise for its reasonable pricing. Loville Barton is Cabernet Sauvignon-dominant, tannic and austere when young but develops intense blackcurrant and cassis notes, as well as classic Saint-Julien cedar characteristics. The vineyard, which has gravel soils over clay, is planted 74 percent to Cabernet Sauvignon, 23 percent to Merlot and 3 percent to Cabernet Franc. After a manual harvest, fermentation takes place in large temperature-controlled wooden vats, and then the wine is aged in 50 percent new oak barrels. There is no chteau building; that which features on the label belongs to Langoa-Barton, Loville Barton’s sister estate. In 1821, Anglo-Irish wine merchant Hugh Barton bought Chteau Langoa Barton and a portion of the Loville estate which became Loville Barton (the other sections are now Loville-Poyferr and Loville-Las Cases). A second wine, La Rserve de Loville Barton is produced from younger vines and lots which lack the quality and depth of the grand vin. Anthony Barton inherited the two properties from his uncle Ronald in 1983 and guided them through much of the region’s growth in prosperity throughout the late 1980s, 1990s and into the 21st Century. The estate is now run by his daughter Lilian Barton Sartorius and her children Mlanie and Damien.