Shows restraint in this opulent year. Quite complete and refined, and you immediately pick up a bit of sweetness from the fruit of this vintage, but it is not over the top. A lot of finesse and length, with structured, dusty tannins. A no-brainer buy from the vintage. 60% new oak. 83% cabernet sauvignon, 11.5% merlot and 5.5% cabernet franc. Drink from 2027.

Retains signature character and architecture, combined with a come-hither ripeness that is all about the 2022 vintage. A brilliant wine, luscious and supple with cassis and bilberry, damson and black cherry along with cocoa bean and mandarin. Delivers confidence and ageability. The Barton family continue to make this wine unmissable.

(98+ points) Cassis, graphite, smoky tobacco, violets, and a wonderful sense of minerality all emerge from the 2022 Château Léoville Barton, a riveting Saint-Julien that shows the style of this estate while bringing the richness and depth of the vintage. Full-bodied, concentrated, and powerful, it has enough tannins to warrant a decade of cellaring and will have 30+ years of prime drinking. I’d put this up with the finest Léoville Barton I’ve tasted, as well as with the truly greats of the vintage.

This is 83% Cabernet Sauvignon, 11.5% Merlot and 5.5% Cabernet Franc, and the élevage was in 60% new oak. Beautiful – and I mean really beautiful – aromatics on the nose here, dark and focused, with savoury cedar and toast intertwined with dried dark fruits, blackcurrant white peach and pepper. This was very consistent, found on a second taste at the property. The palate displays lovely coherence, textural and structural, with sweet and savoury dark fruits, currant, blackberry, damson and black olive, with a bed of fine ripe and tightly knit tannins, the wine washing the palate with these rich, structural and balanced elements. Totally coherent, fresh and polished, with a long grip infused with tannic substance. Fabulous length, with a flourish of ripe and energetic tannins here, lingering for an eternity. A superb Léoville-Barton in this vintage, with absolutely everything in place for the future. The alcohol on the label is 14%. Tasted three times.

Richly concentrated on the nose with evocative aromas of blackcurrant, tobacco, vanilla, chocolate, clove and violets. Punchy and alive, this has both strength and elegance giving smooth, silky tannins with fleshy fruit and high acidity. It manages to marry quite a muscular frame with beautiful freshness and focus to give a round mouthfeel with plenty of flavour and kick. It's on the opulent side with concentrated blackcurrants and cherries but has a cooling, minty undercurrent too. I like this a lot. Not as openly friendly at this point as some but it's extremely well executed and has great ageing potential.

Once past the floral bouquet, you find luscious blackberries, cassis, black cherries, creamy tannins, cigar box, and lead pencil nuances. The wine delivers intensity, layers of fruit, and a finish that takes hold of your palate, leaving you with a juicy, vibrant, creamy ending that builds and resonates. The wine is a blend of 83% Cabernet Sauvignon, 11.5% Merlot and 5.5% Cabernet Franc. Drink from 2028-2060.97 Read more at:https://www.thewinecellarinsider.com/search-wine-tasting-notes/?szSearch=2022%20Leoville%20Barton

(97+ points) The 2022 Léoville Barton is performing brilliantly in bottle, wafting from the glass with aromas of cassis, pencil shavings, pen ink, cigar box and spices. Medium to full-bodied, suave and velvety, it's dense and concentrated, with terrific energy and persistence. As readers will remember, it's the first vintage produced in the estate's new winery, which more than doubled the number of vats, permitting sub-plot by sub-plot harvesting and vinification, along with a number of other technical improvements that translate into enhanced purity and precision. - William Kelley

The 2022 Léoville Barton, the second vintage made in the new winery, was the first to be completely gravity-fed instead of using pumps. It has a magnificent bouquet that fulfills my admittedly lofty expectations given its showing from barrel, blessed with an almost pixelated quality that previous vintages perhaps lacked. The nose is very precise with pure black fruit and fine mineralité. Elegant and poised, the medium-bodied palate features finely chiseled tannins and just the right amount of bitterness on the finish. Very persistent—a Saint-Julien you just don't want to finish. This ranks among the finest in the appellation. -- Neal Martin

Violet and iris notes hint at its purity, while the cold cast iron– and charcoal-accented structure warns that patience is required. In between is a core that offers sleek refinement, with shimmering cassis, plum and black cherry puree. Tightly drawn through the pinpoint finish, but everything is in proportion. Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot and Cabernet Franc. Best from 2030 through 2050. — J.M.