Langoa Barton

Specification

Producer

Langoa Barton

Region

Bordeaux

Where

Saint-Julien, Bordeaux

Classification

Third Growth (1855)

Grapes

Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, Cabernet Franc

Vintage

2009

Case

6 x 75cl OWC

Held at

Wine Tunnels, London City Bond (in bond)

Code

LANBAR096X75

About this wine

Langoa-Barton is a traditional Saint-Julien led by Cabernet Sauvignon, with Merlot and a little Cabernet Franc. It is a little softer and earlier maturing than its sister wine Léoville-Barton, with blackcurrant fruit, cedar and fine tannins. It usually drinks well from around ten years and good vintages keep for twenty or more.

About Langoa Barton

Château Langoa-Barton in Saint-Julien was ranked Third Growth in the 1855 Classification. It was bought by Hugh Barton, of an Anglo-Irish wine family, in 1821, and has remained in the Barton family ever since, which makes it the longest unbroken family ownership among the classed growths of the Médoc.

The eighteenth-century château is the family home, and the wines of its sister estate, Léoville-Barton, are also made in its cellars. Langoa-Barton is a classic, Cabernet-led Saint-Julien, valued for its balance and consistency, and it ages well.