Chateau Langoa Barton St Julien Total Wine & More Chateau Langoa Barton 2019 Saint Julien Buy wine online 12bouteilles Chteau Langoa Barton, Saint Julien 2012 Chteau Langoa Barton 2000, Saint Julien, 3me cru classGood. PRE ORDER 2015 JS 94 Layered and juicy with currants, light chocolate and cedar 2017 WA 93 The 2017 vintage is characterized as savory and traditional, featuring notes of dark berries, graphite, and cedarwood. It is well structured with fine tannins, leading to a long, polished finish. 2018 WE 95 Reviewers often highlight its "classic" style, featuring "ripe, velvety tannins" and "bright berry fruits". 2019 JS 96 67% Cabernet Sauvignon, 26% Merlot, 7% Cabernet Franc. Offers a blend of ripe fruit, fine tannins, and freshness. 2021 WE 95 Described as "supple" with "velvety tannins" and a "long finish". About Winery Chateau Langoa Barton, 3rd Classified Growth, was the first of the two Bordeaux wine estates bought by Hugh Barton in the 1820s, the other being Leoville Barton, 2nd Classified Growth. Hugh Barton was a descendant of an Irish family which settled in Bordeaux in the 18th century and which has a long and distinguished history in the region's wine trade. Both properties are still family owned and run and together represent the longest tradition of unchanged ownership in the Medoc. Anthony Barton is the current proprietor but is gradually passing the reins to his daughter Lillian. Langoa Barton has 20 hectares of vineyards (Cabernet Sauvignon 71%, Merlot 21% and Cabernet Franc 8%) lie on gravelly clay soils. Vinification includes 18 months' maturation in oak barriques (50% new). Langoa Barton is vinified and matured in exactly the same way as Leoville Barton and any difference between them must be put down to variations in the soils and exposure of their respective vineyard blocks. Both Langoa and Leoville wines are models of typical St Julien restraint and elegance, and Anthony's fair pricing policy, always with an eye to the long term has won him many loyal friends amongst his customers. For years, Langoa Barton was considered slightly lighter and more forward than Leoville. However, in the last decade it has become noticeably deeper in colour and richer and more concentrated on the palate. Langoa Barton is now often the equal of Leoville.