La Reserve De Leoville Barton 2009 St. Julien (75cl)

This is the second wine of Château Léoville Barton, from Saint-Julien. With over fifteen years in bottle, a second wine like this has usually done most of its softening already. It drinks like aged Bordeaux and suits a weekend dinner or taking to a friend's table. Stand it upright ahead of time and decant off the sediment. Aged Saint-Julien typically shows cassis turning to dried fruit, with cedar, tobacco and earth appearing, and tannins that have usually settled down.