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

    Château Langoa Barton, 3ème Cru Classé, St Julien, 2022

    94/100
    Inside Bordeaux
    93-95/100
    Robert Parker Wine Advocate
    95/100
    The Wine Independent
    94/100
    Vinous
    Available Vintages
    Justerini & Brooks Tasting note

    The first vintage to be vinified in the new Barton winery, although it doesn't appear to be open for visitors yet… We had to trek to deepest Moulis to taste the 2021. Bright cherry blossom and lots of oak. Decent volume here, with plenty of crisp, taut fruit. Crunchy and cool, cranberries and wild berries. Simple, but nicely balanced. 61% Cabernet Sauvignon, 36% Merlot and 3% Cabernet Franc.

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    Critic Reviews

    95/100
    Chris Kissack,
    The Wine Independent
    The blend is 56.5% Cabernet Sauvignon, 41% Merlot and 2.5% Cabernet Franc, and the élevage was in 60% new oak. Lots of matchsticky cedar and leathery fruit on the nose of this 2022 from Langoa, with a rather charming sense of sandy mineral evolution when tasted with the UGCB, showing more focused and pure at the château, with very fine and dark fruit, currant and rose petal scents, as well as dark notes of truffle, vanilla pod and crushed oyster shell. The palate is delightful in its delineation and freshness though, with lots of polished and saline dark fruits, with a delicious salted edge giving them freshness, and a great harmony of tannin and flavour. This is very impressive;after a low-key start on the first tasting, the second and third encounters clearly communicate its cellaring potential, which is considerable. Such harmony and ripeness of structure here, in an impressive St Julien. The alcohol on the label is 14%. Tasted three times.
    drinking window 2027 - 2045
    date of review 06/2025
    94/100
    Jane Anson,
    Inside Bordeaux
    The last few years have seen Langoa, in classically understated Barton way, turning into a barnstormer, with the value that was once reserved for Léoville. It's great in 2022, with its slightly cooler terroir really coming into its own. Luscious black cherry, sandalwood, campfire, crayon, crushed rocks, this is stuff, almost ready to go but will clearly deliver for decades.
    drinking window 2028 - 2042
    date of review 03/2025
    94/100
    Neal Martin,
    Vinous
    The 2022 Langoa Barton has a wonderful bouquet that has really blossomed since I tasted it from barrel. There is still a trait of Margaux thanks to its wilted violet element, but there may be more graphite and tobacco tones now the wine is in bottle. The palate is medium-bodied with fine-boned tannins and a precise, sensual finish. It's fresh and definitely a more elegant Langoa compared to recent vintages. <em>Bon vin</em>.
    drinking window 2028 - 2060
    date of review 02/2025
    93-95/100
    William Kelley,
    Robert Parker Wine Advocate
    The first vintage produced in the estate's new winery, which more than doubled the number of vats, permitting sub-plot by sub-plot vinification, the brilliant 2022 Langoa Barton offers up aromas of dark berries, cassis, violets and cigar wrapper, followed by a medium to full-bodied, deep and fleshy palate endowed with terrific depth and tension. Polished and penetrating, it should match or even surpass the 2019 and 2016 vintages, and it is sure to be one of the more intelligent purchases of the en primeur campaign.
    date of review 04/2023

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    Specifications

    Country:
    France
    Region:
    Bordeaux
    Appellation:
    St Julien
    style:
    Red Wine
    Grape Variety:
    Cab Sauvignon Merlot
    abv:
    13%

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