Château Langoa Barton, 3ème Cru Classé, St Julien, 2009
54% Cabernet Sauvignon, 34% Merlot, 12% Cabernet Franc. The 2009 Langoa offers a beautifully floral bouquet, with notes of fruits de bois, cherry liqueur and perfumed fruit. As with so many wines in `09, Langoa Barton has produced a wine with extraordinary texture; lush, opulent, layers of fruit cascade over the palate. This possesses ultra fine tannins, exudes power and vitality, yet is refined, fresh and very feminine.
critic reviews
Lovely aromatics, welcoming and enticing. A little more reserved on the palate than you might expect, this could do with a good long carafe if drinking now, to fully maximise the brambled blackberry fruits, star anise, cinnamon and tobacco leaf. Anthony Barton director at the time, working alongside his daughter Lilian.
The medium to deep garnet colored 2009 Langoa Barton is scented of warm red and black plums, dried mulberries and blackcurrant cordial with touches of dried mint and new leather. Medium to full-bodied with a solid frame of grainy tannins and bold freshness, it has loads of red and black berry preserves layers on the long, savory finish.
The 2009 Langoa-Barton has a surprisingly high toned bouquet with blue and black fruit, a bit of glycerine here, almost New World! The palate is medium-bodied with supple tannin, slightly lower acidity than one would expect, touches of blue fruit translated from the nose with a sweet and playful, if not profound finish. This is a wine that I have adored in the past but this bottle does not quite deliver, hence my lower score. Tasted at BI Wines & Spirits' Ten Year On tasting.