Langoa Barton 2017

The 2017 Langoa-Barton has a wonderful bouquet with blackberry, briary, potpourri and light violet scents that are extremely well integrated with the 60% new oak. Nothing pretentious, nothing extravagant. The palate is medium-bodied with very supple tannin, one of the most pliable Langoa’s that I can recall with plenty of black cherry and cassis fruit on the structured finish. This is a great Langoa-Barton that comes highly recommended. Drink 2022-2045.

Tasted blind. Deep ruby purple colour. Exotic baking spices on the nose together with brambly fruit. This fleshy richness continues on the palate. There is some restraint offered by grippy tannins but the fruit and plush oak come together to offer a very generous style. Good power without excess.
Drink 2024 – 2035

Lots of crushed blackcurrants and chocolate on the nose, following through to a medium to full body with soft, friendly tannins that are caressing and beautiful. Drinkable now, but better after 2022.

The 2017 Langoa Barton has a medium to deep garnet-purple color. It sashays out with scents of fragrant black cherries and redcurrant jelly, followed by cassis, tilled soil, bay leaves, and hints of fallen leaves. Light to medium-bodied, the palate is bright and energetic, featuring grainy tannins and bold freshness, finishing long and savory.

As is often the case with 2017 St Julien, you find sculpted fruit with precision and spice that will be ready just a little earlier than the vintages on either side of it - think four or five years from now ito fully soften out the tannins. Plenty of depth of flavour, finessed raspberry fruits with rose stems, liqourice, cocoa bean, smoked earth. Austere but enjoyable, and reflective of the fact that St Julien was lucky in this vintage because it was far less impacted by frost than many other parts of Bordeaux. 70% new oak. Technical director François Brehant, consultant Eric Boissenot.

Healthy cherry red. Inviting and elegant dark-fruit aroma with just a light char. Here, after several left-bank wines that lacked enough fruit depth in the middle, is one that has weight and depth on the mid palate that gives a rounded, fresh and complete wine. Succulent, juicy and well-structured for the longer term but still elegant. Drink 2027-2040.

There was no frost at Langoa or Leoville for the Barton family but their vines at Mauvesin in Moulis were badly hit. Langoa was picked from 15th to 29th September and the blend is 54% Cabernet Sauvignon, 38% Merlot, 8% Cabernet Franc. Maturation in 60% new oak. Continuing the run of form for Langoa, this deeply coloured wine has great depth and purity of cassis, supported by toasty oak on the nose. The palate follows, with deep, ripe black fruits and fine grained tannins that are plentiful yet already well-integrated, giving a seamless balance and a generous weight despite the level of structure. The finish is long, juicy and refined.

Ripe black cherry the nose is sweet depth of flavour the palate starts with a rich mix of cassis and black cherry. There is balance with freshness under the generosity the finish has rich mix of ripe fruit. 2026-39

A lovely Langoa with a come hither nose and a succulent palate, this is a juicy, medium-weight, civilised wine with some cranberry and cherry notes and a smooth, cultured, seemingly forward finish. This is a typical Langoa, which shows the generosity of this property and its philosophy and I think it will drink very well young but baffle people with its ability to hold.