Château Léoville Barton St.-Julien 2012 (750ml) Sparkling

Château Léoville Barton St.-Julien 2012 (750ml) SparklingLovely flowery bouquet with notes of acacia. The palate is well balanced with no harsh tannins indicating quite early maturity. Blend: 83% Cabernet Sauvignon, 15% Merlot, 2% Cabernet Franc Critical Acclaim WE96 Wine Enthusiast Firmly tannic in character, this wine is dry and extracted. Theres potential for this powerful, impressive wine to bear the wines very dry character with the weight of its fruit. Barrel Sample: 94 96 Points WS93 Wine Spectator

35% Syrah and 15% Mourvèdre

A beautiful dress with shades of rose petals dressed with a string of fine and abundant bubbles

It's a blend of 40% Vidau (the old field blend) plus 45% Tempranillo and 15% Mazuelo

Hats off to Nicolas Thienpont and consultant Stéphane Derenoncourt for producing one of the wines of the vintage as well as one of the greatest young Bordeaux I've ever tasted

After a brief cold maceration of the whole grape

Following an optimum blooming after a dry

Amarone undergoes a very unique process prior to fermentation

especially toward the finish

flavor and aromatic components are extracted into the young wine in the fermentation process

Filling but lifted giving freshness and ripe fruit

it is nicely aromatic

While 2018 was a hot