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Langoa Barton 2004

RegionBordeaux
Subregion France > Bordeaux > Left Bank > St Julien
ColourRed
TypeStill
Grape VarietyCabernet Sauvignon/Merlot/Cabernet Franc

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Another sleeper of the vintage from this somewhat under the radar step-child of Anthony Barton’s more famous Leoville Barton, the 2004 Langoa Barton exhibits deep, concentrated, chunky, black currant and cherry fruit intermixed with notions of forest floor and aged beef blood. This impressive, full-bodied, powerful, ageworthy St.-Julien is atypically backward and brooding. Anticipated maturity: 2013-2025+.

90
Robert Parker, Wine Advocate (171), June 2007

You know, the common consensus is that Leoville Barton is by rote, superior to Langoa, but the more my experience grows the less I think that is valid. This Langoa Barton 2004 is just divine with a lifted blackberry, tobacco and menthol-tinged nose with cedar becoming more pronounced with aeration. Wonderful definition. The palate is full-bodied with surprisingly grippy tannins, certainly retaining its masculinity that it showed at primeur, but as I intimated back then, the elevage added some flesh and weight to this wine to leave it with a dense, supple, slightly meaty finish. Lovely! Drink 2012-2020. Tasted November 2008.

93
Neal Martin, RobertParker.com, March 2009

A very good wine, with blackberry and currant character

89/91
James Suckling, Wine Spectator (April 05), April 2005
16
Jancis Robinson MW, JancisRobinson.com
92+
Farr Vintners, Southwold Bordeaux Tasting, January 2008
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The 2004 Langoa Barton offers plenty of black cherry and cassis fruit, some smoke, dried earth, and a hint of cedar. It is spicy, rich, moderately tannic, and well-endowed. Anticipated maturity: 2012-2020.

89/91
Robert Parker, Wine Advocate (165), June 2006
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