Chateau Langoa Barton
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Chateau Langoa Barton,
For laying down,
The 2005 Langoa Barton is warm and generous with its feminine, creamy, spicy raspberry fruit acting as the perfect foil for the more masculine black fruit flavours of the Léoville-Barton. This is a very precise yet sumptuous St Julien expressing classic Cabernet characteristics amidst wonderful fresh acidity.
Chateau Langoa Barton,
For laying down,
A wonderful, dark purple hue, this has very strong, fine colour this year. There are notes of cedar, mint and pine. On the palate, it is sappy and bright with a suave texture and grippy tannins. The vines here are grown on deep gravel over a clay subsoil. It finishes long, with a saline finish.
Blend: Cabernet Sauvignon 55%, Merlot 37%, Cabernet Franc 8%
Blend: Cabernet Sauvignon 55%, Merlot 37%, Cabernet Franc 8%
Chateau Langoa Barton,
Ready, but will improve,
I haven’t bought Ch. Langoa Barton or Ch. Léoville-Barton for my own cellar since 2005 and I wonder why. It is not because they have been ‘aggressive’ in their pricing policy, far from it, they are consistently being harangued by their neighbours to dramatically put their prices up.
Then is it the quality? No, again both have been perfectly ‘sound’, ah but that’s it! Over the last few years they haven’t stood out from the crowd enough. This year they both do, and I think the simple reason is the style of the vintage. It is not a flamboyant, dramatic vintage like 2009 or 2010.
It is classic and that is why classic wine makers have come to the fore and ended up back on my shopping list again. Ch. Langoa Barton, the feminine seductress, using its sweet, dense red fruit core to entrap and entice. Ch. Léoville-Barton in contrast, a yang to Langoa’s yin. Rich, dense, unforgiving, powerful black fruit dominant. This is a really profound brace this year.
Simon Staples, Berrys’ Fine Wine Director
Then is it the quality? No, again both have been perfectly ‘sound’, ah but that’s it! Over the last few years they haven’t stood out from the crowd enough. This year they both do, and I think the simple reason is the style of the vintage. It is not a flamboyant, dramatic vintage like 2009 or 2010.
It is classic and that is why classic wine makers have come to the fore and ended up back on my shopping list again. Ch. Langoa Barton, the feminine seductress, using its sweet, dense red fruit core to entrap and entice. Ch. Léoville-Barton in contrast, a yang to Langoa’s yin. Rich, dense, unforgiving, powerful black fruit dominant. This is a really profound brace this year.
Simon Staples, Berrys’ Fine Wine Director
Chateau Langoa Barton,
Ready, but will improve,
Langoa-Barton is always one of the first names on our buying list for any new Bordeaux vintage. The consistently sensible pricing and excellent quality from Anthony Barton and his daughter Lillian make it one of the must-haves in Bordeaux. Their 2006 is more masculine than usual, with bags of restrained dark fruit combined with firm tannins, a powerful structure, and a lively mineral-laden finish. This will definitely be a Langoa for the long term.
Simon Staples, BBR Fine Wine Director, June 2007
Simon Staples, BBR Fine Wine Director, June 2007
Chateau Langoa Barton,
Drink now,
Ch Langoa Barton, 3rd Classified Growth, and its sister property, Leoville Barton, 2nd Classified Growth, both belong to the Barton family, descendants of an Irish family which settled in Bordeaux in the 18th century and which has a long and distinguished history in the region’s wine trade
Anthony Barton is the current proprietor but is gradually passing the reins to his daughter Lillian. The two wines are models of typical St Julien restraint and elegance, and Anthony’s fair pricing policy, always with an eye to the long term , has won him many loyal friends amongst his customers.
Anthony’s bone-dry sense of humour, honed over 80 years, always makes this one of the most pleasurable visits to make during our forays into Bordeaux, but his laid back, relaxed style should not be allowed to mask the immense qualitative improvements he has wrought here since taking over in 1983.
The 1997 wine possesses the vintage's up-front charm and softness, good purity, and a medium-bodied, ripe, rustic finish.
Anthony Barton is the current proprietor but is gradually passing the reins to his daughter Lillian. The two wines are models of typical St Julien restraint and elegance, and Anthony’s fair pricing policy, always with an eye to the long term , has won him many loyal friends amongst his customers.
Anthony’s bone-dry sense of humour, honed over 80 years, always makes this one of the most pleasurable visits to make during our forays into Bordeaux, but his laid back, relaxed style should not be allowed to mask the immense qualitative improvements he has wrought here since taking over in 1983.
The 1997 wine possesses the vintage's up-front charm and softness, good purity, and a medium-bodied, ripe, rustic finish.
Chateau Langoa Barton,
For laying down,
Exceptionally fragrant this year, this Ch. Langoa Barton wine displays enticing aromas of both red and black fruits. The fruit continues strongly on the palate, but the wine retains a very fine elegance, while the tannins and acidity imbue it with an excellent structure, and there is excellent persistence and length on the finish. I usually find that I prefer Léoville-Barton to Langoa Barton at this early stage but this is an exceptionally fine Langoa; it may well be in the lead for now.
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Château Langoa-Barton, 3rd Classified Growth, was the first of the two Bordeaux wine estates bought by Hugh Barton in the 1820s, the other being Léoville-Barton, 2nd Classified Growth.
Hugh Barton was a descendant of an Irish family which settled in Bordeaux in the 18th century and which has a long and distinguished history in the region’s wine trade. Both properties are still family-owned and run and together represent the longest tradition of unchanged ownership in the Médoc. Anthony Barton is the current proprietor but is gradually passing the reins to his daughter Lillian.
Langoa Barton has 20 hectares of vineyards (Cabernet Sauvignon 71%, Merlot 21%, Cabernet Franc 8%) lie on gravelly-clay soils. Vinification includes 18 months' maturation in oak barriques (50% new). Langoa Barton is vinified and matured in exactly the same way as Léoville-Barton and any difference between them must be put down to variations in the soils and exposure of their respective vineyard blocks.
Both Langoa and Léoville wines are models of typical St Julien restraint and elegance, and Anthony’s fair pricing policy, always with an eye to the long term , has won him many loyal friends amongst his customers. For years, Langoa Barton was considered slightly lighter and more forward than Léoville. However, in the last decade it has become noticeably deeper in colour and richer and more concentrated on the palate. Langoa Barton is now often the equal of Léoville.