chateau langoa barton 3eme cru classe st julien

Château Langoa Barton

Château Langoa Barton, 3ème Cru Classé, St Julien, 2020

Name: Château Langoa Barton, 3ème Cru Classé, St Julien
Brand: Château Langoa Barton
Price: 246.73 GBP

93/100

Inside Bordeaux

92/100

The Wine Independent

95/100

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Justerini & Brooks Tasting note

As with the Leoville Barton, we had a disappointing UGC sample, so Lilian kindly provided a fresh specimen from her cellars. Yields were low at both these St Julien estates (just 34hL/ha), with tiny berries and thick skins. This high ratio of skin to juice has resulted in a striking colour and a wonderfully fragrant bouquet of sweet black cherry, cassis and spices. The palate is vibrant and mouth-watering, with ample black fruit, hints of stary red berries and minerals. There’s lots of energy and tension; the fruit is crisp and purposeful, gripped by rather seductive tannins and finishing with crème de cassis and lick of dark chocolate. A very impressive Langoa produced from 53.5% Cabernet Sauvignon, 38% Merlot and 8.5% Cabernet Franc.

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Critic Reviews

95/100

Neal Martin,

Vinous

The 2020 Langoa Barton has a wonderful, precise, mineral-driven bouquet with subtle marine scents (oyster shell and Crustacea) that emerge with aeration. The palate is medium-bodied with saturated tannins. Stylistically, it's not unlike the Léoville Barton, though this has more control and tension toward the persuasive finish. Glorious—one of the finest releases in recent years and better than the showing just after bottling. Tasted blind at the annual Southwold tasting.

drinking window 2030 - 2060

date of review 11/2024

92/100

Lisa Perrotti-Brown,

The Wine Independent

Medium to deep garnet-purple in color, the 2020 Langoa Barton comes bounding out of the glass with eager-to-please notes of kirsch, juicy blueberries, and cassis, plus wafts of fallen leaves, underbrush, and allspice. The medium-bodied palate is plush and juicy, with open-knit black fruits and plenty of freshness, finishing with a spicy kick. It's fabulously delicious right now, but give it another couple of years to fully integrate and then drink it over the next 20 years+.

drinking window 2023 - 2038

date of review 06/2023

93/100

Jane Anson,

Inside Bordeaux

Restrained and serious, in keeping with the character of the vintage. Lovely silky tannins, unrolls slowly, with plenty of black fruits, mint leaf and pencil lead, this is delicous, restrained power, building on their success of recent vintages. 34hl/ha yield, harvest September 14 to 28.

drinking window 2028 - 2044

date of review 02/2023

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Specifications

Country:

France

Region:

Bordeaux

Appellation:

St Julien

Producer:

Château Langoa Barton

style:

Red Wine

Grape Variety:

Cab Sauvignon Merlot

abv:

13%

allergen information

This product may contain sulphites. Full allergen information is available upon request, please call our Customer Relations Team on +44 (0)20 7484 6430.