Château Langoa-Barton
St-Julien 2016
Bordeaux, France
Regular price£230.00
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| Style: Red | Drink from: 2023 |
| ABV: 13.0% | Drink to: 2035 |
| Packaging: OWC | Stock arriving: March 2025 |
Critic scores
93 RP, 91 NM, 93 AG, 96 JS, 18.5 JR
Critic reviews
"The 2016 Langoa Barton is medium to deep garnet-purple colored and opens with cedar, red and black currants, kirsch and menthol with smoked meats. The palate is medium to full-bodied, firm, grainy and packed with youthful, energetic fruit, finishing long and perfumed."
Lisa Perrotti-Brown, November 2018, RobertParker.com
"The 2016 Langoa-Barton has a minty-fresh bouquet with plenty of black fruit; hints of pencil shavings and loamy elements develop with aeration. The palate is medium-bodied with supple tannins, fleshy and generous, but I was expecting more detail and terroir expression to show on the chewy, pastille-like finish. Very fine, although I suspect there will be melioration in bottle. Tasted blind at the Southwold tasting."
Neal Martin, January 2020, Vinous.com
"The 2016 Langoa Barton is succulent, racy and inviting, with striking textural richness and depth. Ripe dark plum, tobacco, cedar, licorice and spice are all generous in this racy, pliant Saint-Julien. The 2016 is an especially fine edition of Langoa-Barton and one of the sleepers of the vintage."
Antonio Galloni, December 2018, Vinous.com
"Tasted blind. Spicy, intense and interesting on the nose. Now this has the class and intensity of a great wine! Polish and salinity too. Pure pleasure. Long and suave. Lots of minerality."
Jancis Robinson, January 2020, JancisRobinson.com
Lisa Perrotti-Brown, November 2018, RobertParker.com
"The 2016 Langoa-Barton has a minty-fresh bouquet with plenty of black fruit; hints of pencil shavings and loamy elements develop with aeration. The palate is medium-bodied with supple tannins, fleshy and generous, but I was expecting more detail and terroir expression to show on the chewy, pastille-like finish. Very fine, although I suspect there will be melioration in bottle. Tasted blind at the Southwold tasting."
Neal Martin, January 2020, Vinous.com
"The 2016 Langoa Barton is succulent, racy and inviting, with striking textural richness and depth. Ripe dark plum, tobacco, cedar, licorice and spice are all generous in this racy, pliant Saint-Julien. The 2016 is an especially fine edition of Langoa-Barton and one of the sleepers of the vintage."
Antonio Galloni, December 2018, Vinous.com
"Tasted blind. Spicy, intense and interesting on the nose. Now this has the class and intensity of a great wine! Polish and salinity too. Pure pleasure. Long and suave. Lots of minerality."
Jancis Robinson, January 2020, JancisRobinson.com
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