The 1970 Bordeaux summer was mostly warm and dry.
It was a big crop and the vats and barrels at Léoville and elsewhere were full to capacity.
It’s perhaps the best vintage between 1961 and 1982.
A VIP friend of Arden Fine Wines was at Château Léoville Barton when its 1970 vintage was coming to life.
As a goodwill gesture and a thank you for their support, a dinner with our VIP friend was designed and hosted by him at the Savile Club – Arden’s near neighbour in Brook Street, Mayfair – and a bottle of 1970 Léoville Barton was opened to commemorate his part in witnessing its birth.
The wine had a ruddy appearance and the nose was lovely – a nice example of cedary, smoky old claret.
The Léoville Barton 1970 is a classic wine, like an old black-and-white movie – drink it and enjoy it before it’s past the point of no return.
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