France • Château Léoville Barton, 33250 Saint-Julien-Beychevelle, France
Château Léoville Barton is one of the best-known classed growths of Saint-Julien and a benchmark Second Growth (Deuxième Grand Cru Classé) from the 1855 classification. The property’s roots in Bordeaux date back to 1722, when Irish merchant Thomas Barton settled in the city as a wine trader; his grandson Hugh Barton later bought part of the former, vast Léoville estate in 1826, creating Léoville Barton and cementing the family’s Médoc legacy. Remarkably, the estate has remained in Barton family hands ever since, to…
