Although Château Léoville Barton is celebrating its 200th anniversary this year, there will be no extravagant parties or manifestations. Warmth and discretion are the Barton-family way, a 200-year heritage managed with modesty and constraint by owner Lilian Barton Sartorius and her children Mélanie and Damien, the eighth generation at the property.
In 1826 Hugh Barton, a successful wine merchant of Irish descent, acquired a portion of the Léoville estate, until the Revolution one of the oldest and largest in the Médoc...
