Winery - Château Langoa-Barton
* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
Soft and ripe, here is a wine that just enjoys being rich and fruity. Blackberry flavors are followed by sweet black cherries, both contained within an elegant structure of tannins. As usual, this will develop more quickly than its more powerful stablemate, Léoville-Barton.
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
Sweet, rich, dense, very much of its year. At the same time, there is the Barton touch that leaves some fine elegance, to go with the smoky fruits and richness, while acidity gives it a fine lift.
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
Although it is relatively soft, this wine still has everything about it. There is ripeness, but it is balanced with fresh acidity still with an aura of youth. In the core, there are solid blackcurrants, structure. It will certainly age, but drink over 10 years.
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
What a big-hearted wine this is. It is generous, smooth and ripe, with lovely fruit. There is more than this immediate pleasure, though, because its dense tannins promise a good evolution. Langoa-Barton is the second estate owned by Anthony Barton of Léoville-Barton, and it offers some of the pleasures of Léoville at a lower price.
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
The junior of the two wines produced by the Barton family, this is a subtle, classic wine. Structure and firm tannins sit alongside the perfectly formed, under-stated red and black fruits.
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
88-90 Barrel sample. Almost southern in its ripeness, this has super-mature fruit and very exotic jelly flavors. Whether the tannins are sufficient to offer structure is a question .
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
88-90 Big, dark tannins give this wine a sense of brooding power. It has sweet fruit and good acidity, which balance this dark character.
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
92-94 Barrel sample. A big, concentrated, powerful wine, yet also one restrained by elegant fresh fruits. There is plenty of style here, a complex mix of fruits, acidity and balanced tannins.
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
94-96 Barrel sample. Lots of new wood here, maybe too dominant. But it is a stage, because the fruit weight is also there to give a wine of considerable complexity, dry and solid.
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
92-94 A wonderful balance between freshness, acidity and dark tannins, giving the wine immense structure and delicious fruit. Powerful, but so elegant.
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