Château Langoa Barton, 3ème Cru Classé, St Julien, 2023

Name: Château Langoa Barton, 3ème Cru Classé, St Julien
Brand: Château Langoa Barton
Price: 177 GBP

Available Vintages

all 2009 2016 2018 2023 2024

justerini & brooks tasting note

The new winery at Langoa Barton has made an immediate impact. Greater precision during vinifications has resulted in a more pixelated, elegant, fine-grained style. It still has all the guts we'd expect with a deep core of cool berries and crunchy purple fruit mingling with hints of earth and graphite, but there's much better definition both aromatically, on the mid-palate and on the resonant tannins. A really fragrant and sophisticated Langoa.

critic reviews

90-92/100Lisa Perrotti-Brown,The Wine Independent

Medium to deep garnet-purple in color, the 2023 Langoa Barton charges out of the glass with ready-to-go notes of crushed blackberries, raspberry leaves, and blackcurrant pastilles leading to nuances of pencil shavings and clove oil. The medium-bodied palate delivers compelling energy and freshness, with soft, approachable tannins and a zippy finish. The blend is 60% Cabernet Sauvignon, 37% Merlot, and 3% Cabernet Franc.

DRINKING WINDOW 2028 - 2042

date of review 05/2024

94/100Jane Anson,Inside Bordeaux

Solid tannins, gorgeous iris and violet reflections, blueberry and cassis fruits, shot through with cigar box, this is a fairly old school Langoa in the best possibly way, juicy, sapppy, nuanced, with chalky tannins that lift through the palate.

DRINKING WINDOW 2030 - 2048

date of review 05/2024

91-93/100Neal Martin,Vinous

The 2023 Langoa Barton was picked from September 12 until October 2 at around 50hL/ha, with some "late" saignée for half the vat–when it has some “serious color,” according to Damien Barton. Two vats were chaptalized out of a total of 42, the highest at 15%, yielding an average alcohol of 13%. Matured in 60% new oak, it has a very perfumed bouquet with black plum, boysenberry and a touch of mint. This is notably forward and unabashed. The palate is medium-bodied with pliant tannins, a sorbet-fresh Langoa with a bright, almost pastille-like finish that lingers in the mouth. Very seductive and vivacious, I appreciate the nascent energy here.

DRINKING WINDOW 2028 - 2045

date of review 04/2024

93-95/100William Kelley,Robert Parker Wine Advocate

The 2023 Langoa Barton is a very accomplished wine, the family's new winery having permitted more precise, parcel-by-parcel winemaking as well as gentler handling of the fruit to deliver a wine with all this estate's customary intensity of flavor but more polish and refinement. Unwinding in the glass with aromas of dark berries, cassis and plums mingled with hints of pencil shavings and dried rose petals, it's medium to full-bodied, with an inky core of fruit, vibrant acids and plenty of suave structuring tannin. This classic blend of 60% Cabernet Sauvignon, 37% Merlot and 3% Cabernet Franc is sure to number among the intelligent purchases of the en primeur campaign.

date of review 04/2024