Chateau Langoa Barton Saint Julien 3eme Growth Grand Cru Classe《Terroir Collection》

Region: Saint Julien, Bordeaux

Website: https://www.langoa-barton.com/en/

📜 Multiple vintage: 2009 & 2010

⭐ Bordeaux 1855 Classification - Third Growths

⭐ The Barton Family bought the property in 1821, and it has remained in the family ever since.

⭐ Bordeaux Expert - Stephen Brook "Langoa-Barton tends to be overshadowed by Leoville, but should not be underestimated!"

👇🏻Vintage 2009(TF680)👇🏻

Variety: 54% Cabernet Sauvignon,34% Merlot,12% Cabernet Franc

Alcohol: 13%

🏅 Vinous 94 pts

🏅 Wine Advocate 94 pts

🏅 Wine Spectator 93 pts

🏅 Wine Enthusiast 93 pts

🏅 James Suckling 93 pts

👇🏻Vintage 2010(TF680A)👇🏻

Variety: 73% Cabernet Sauvignon,17% Merlot,10% Cabernet Franc

Alcohol: 13%

🏅 Vinous 95 pts

🏅 Decanter 94 pts

🏅 Wine Enthusiast 94 pts

🏅 Wine Spectator 94 pts

🏅 James Suckling 93 pts

🏅 Wine Advocate 93 pts

🏅 Jancis Robinson 17.5/20

History

The Château was built in 1758 by Monsieur de Pontet. Beneath the private apartments lie the crypted vaulted cellars in which silence reigns eternal.The most renowned vintages of Langoa Barton are left to age in the peace and quiet of these cellars to reach their ultimate potential.

After the French Revolution, and thanks to the Droit d'Aubaine (Windfall Law) in France, Hugh Barton, an Irish merchant of Bordeaux wines, fulfilled his dream of becoming a landowner in Bordeaux when he purchased vineyards in the Médoc region. Pierre-Bernard de Pontet sold the ''Langoa'' estate to Hugh Barton in 1821 which the latter renamed ''Château Langoa Barton''. This was some time before the famous 1855 classification and it was in fact the building's architecture, elegant façade and harmonious proportions that won Hugh over.

"In 1825, life in the Médoc is joyful and carefree. Whenever Hugh and Anna Barton are at home in their château, they invite friends, serve charming lunches on the lawn in the rear garden, organise hunting parties or formal candlelit dinners followed by a ball in the grand reception hall." Extract from  'La Saga des Barton' by Claude Petit-Castelli.

300 YEARS OF FAMILY HERITAGE

1722 - Thomas Barton left his native Ireland to settle in Bordeaux, founding a wine merchant company.

1826 - His grandson, Hugh Barton, purchased 50 hectares of vines located in the Saint Julien appellation. In the historic 1855 classification the château was to be awarded the rank of "Second Classified Growth".

The property was managed by the various generations over the years until Anthony Barton raised Château Léoville Barton to the level of international recognition it enjoys today. The Barton story continues with his daughter, Lilian, and her two children, now writing the chapter of the 10th generation.

TASTING

The opulence of this wine proves it is the fruit of a sun-blessed vintage, yet with none of the excesses associated with this. The power is certainly present but not domineering thanks to the lively freshness and complexity. There are also hints of sugar, toast, tar and spices.

NEW BARRELS 60%

🏅 Vinous 94 pts （2009）

The 2009 Langoa-Barton has a gorgeous bouquet with blackberry, bilberry, cedar and light tobacco aromas that blossom from the glass. This feels so composed andpure. The palate is medium-bodied with sappy black fruit, fine-grain tannin,beautifully judged acidity and a svelte, languorous finish that fans out withstyle. What a gorgeous and utterly seductive Saint-Julien. It turns out to be Langoa Barton, a wine that I have rated very highly in the past. 

🏅 Wine Spectator 93 pts（2009）

Very dense and still rather reserved, with dark blueberry, blackberry and fig notes rolled together, framed by freshly brewed espresso and Black Forest cake notes. Long and tarry through the finish, with a melted licorice snap note hanging on at the very end.

🏅 James Suckling 93 pts（2009）

A rich and fleshy wine, yet it remains decisively dry. Attractive blueberry aroma and impressive supple tannins make this very harmonious. If it was slightly brighter in the nose this would rate even higher.

🏅 Vinous 95 pts（2010）

The 2010 Langoa-Barton has a very pure and quite intense bouquet with black cherries, blueberry and star anis aromas that are typically Langoa. The palate is medium-bodied with saturated tannins, impressive body and grip with a liquorice-tinged, saline finish that maybe just lacks a little flesh and needs more on the aftertaste.

🏅Decanter 94 pts（2010）

Lighter framed than Leoville, and while this is delicious, it is not quite at the level of its sibling. Not that anyone is going to complain, and this will be ready to crack out sooner. Opens up to show bramble berry fruits with confident tannins that provide a frame that is going to hold on tight for a good decade at least. Plenty of St-Julien character.

🏅 Wine Advocate 93 pts（2010）

Another wine showing better from bottle than it did from barrel, the 2010 Langoa Barton has the typical structured, dense style, but just as I thought earlier on, it is a much softer and more developed wine than one ordinarily expects from proprietor Anthony Barton. It is full-bodied and impressively endowed with subtle oak, rich cassis fruit and notes of new saddle leather, forest floor, cedar wood and spice box.