The following notes were made at a Léoville Barton and Langoa Barton dinner held at Taillevent in Paris at the end of last year with Anthony and Eva Barton in attendance as well as luminaries of the French and British wine world. It was, yet again, organised by Bipin Desai of Riverside, southern California. Bipin always plays with vintages and flights to try to put vintages of similar character and quality together so they were not served in date order (see below tasting notes for...
A wallow in Léoville and Langoa Barton
Look out for Julia's notes in 2003 bordeaux in bottle to be published on Friday.
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