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2021 Château Langoa-Barton

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July 27, 2025 - $41

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RATINGS

95Wine Enthusiast

...has touches of toast aromas with smokiness. On the palate, tannins give a dry core to the wine.

93The Wine Advocate

...attractive aromas of dark berries and plums mingled with sweet spices and cigar box. Medium to full-bodied, fleshy and seamless, it's polished and fleshy, with an enveloping core of fruit, beautifully refined tannins and well-integrated acids.

93James Suckling

Complex yet subtle aromas of currants, tar, lead pencil, redwood, violets and blackberries follow through to a medium body, with ultrafine tannins and a crunchy and vivid finish. Just a hint of chocolate at the end.

92Vinous / IWC

...pretty, supple wine that will drink well right out of the gate. Pliant tannins wrap around a core of red/purplish fruit, spice, rose petal, leather and cedar.

92Jeb Dunnuck

...impressive depth and richness in its darker currants, spicy oak, and cedar pencil/graphite-like aromatics. With medium-bodied richness, terrific mid-palate depth, and a broad, layered, mouth-filling texture...

16Jancis Robinson

Light-to-medium-bodied sort of nose. Very worked tannins so that they are virtually imperceptible.

PRODUCER

Château Langoa-Barton

Château Langoa Barton is in Bordeaux’s St.-Julien appellation. It is a Third Growth estate according to the 1855 classification. The 42-acre estate was purchased by an Irishman named Thomas Barton in 1821 and it has remained in the Barton family ever since. The Barton family also owns and operates Château Leoville-Barton. The two estates shared the same wine cellar and staff. Langoa Barton’s vineyards are planted to 70% Cabernet Sauvignon, 20% Merlot and 10% Cabernet Franc. About 9,000 bottles are produced annually. The second wine is Lady Langoa.

REGION

France, Bordeaux, St.-Julien

Saint-Julien is the smallest of the four main Médoc appellations with 2,175 acres of vineyards. It is just south of Pauillac on the left bank of the Gironde, and although it has no First Growth châteaux, its 11 Classified Growth estates are widely admired. Robert M. Parker Jr. has written that winemaking in Saint-Julien from all classifications “is consistently both distinctive and brilliant.” He adds it is Médoc’s “most underrated commune.” The best-known estates are Léoville Las Cases, Ducru-Beaucaillou, Léoville Poyferré, Léoville Barton and Gruaud Larose, and most of those have riverside estates. The soil in this appellation is gravelly with clay. Cabernet Sauvignon is the main grape grown, and it is blended with Cabernet Franc, Merlot and sometimes small amounts of Petit Verdot.

VINTAGE

2021 Château Langoa-Barton