Lea & Sandeman Wine Merchants

CHÂTEAU LANGOA BARTON

2008 3ème Cru Classé Saint Julien

Colour Red
Origin France, Bordeaux
Sub-district Haut Médoc
Village Saint Julien
Classification 3ème Cru Classé
ABV 13%

Spicy well-rounded richness - lovely delicacy of complex expression, tannins well-covered and rich, giving out sweetness of spicy black fruit long on the finish. Rating: 90-91 L&S (Apr 2009)


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The 2008 Langoa Barton has a clean and pure, surprisingly heady bouquet with hints of blueberry and cassis coming through with time. The palate is medium-bodied with sweet cassis and black cherry fruit, an opulent and quite sexy Langoa that maybe lacks the terroir expression and classicism you would have expected. Enjoyable if not cerebral. Drinking range: 2018 - 2028 Rating: 88 Neal Martin, www.vinous.com (Feb 2018)

There is a nice mix of fruits on the nose mainly black fruits but behind these is the freshness of red cherry. Sweet ripe fruit fills out the mid palate the fruit backed by a touch of liquorice and chocolate and this richness of fruit fills out the back palate. 2015-28 Rating: 92 Derek Smedley MW, www.dereksmedleymw.co.uk (Dec 2013)

Bright ruby. Aromas of cassis, fresh herbs and pepper. Juicy, spicy and a bit herbal, with good mid-palate energy and lift. A rather supple style but the slight greenness gives the finish a youthful dry edge. Rating: 90 Stephen Tanzer's International Wine Cellar (Jul 2011)

Château Langoa Barton

Hugh Barton acquired the estate of Château Pontet-Langlois (and re-named it Langoa-Barton) in 1821, a few years before he then bought a portion of the estate of the Marquis de Léoville Beauvais, which he renamed Léoville Barton. The Barton's ownership of Langoa is the longest ownership by one family of any estate in the Médoc. There was no château to the Loville portion, and the wines were, and still are, made at Langoa. The Bartons had already been a fixture of the Bordeaux wine trade for a hundred years at this stage - Thomas Barton left his native Ireland in 1722 and settled in Bordeaux, eventually buying Château le Boscq in St Estèphe in 1745. His grandson Hugh, who bought the two Barton estates, developed a wine merchant's business with Daniel Guestier (Barton & Guestier), and the Guestier family proved crucial in protecting the Barton's châteaux during both the French Revolution and World War II when the Bartons had to flee France. Langoa Barton's vineyard classed as a 'Troisieme Cru Classé' in 1855, is quite small for this part of the Médoc with only 17 hectares in production. Planted with mostly Cabernet and Merlot, at 9100 vines per hectare, like Léoville itself. Also like Léoville, it is a terroir of deep gravel over clay. The average vine age is around 35 years.

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