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2015 Château Langoa Barton, St Julien, Bordeaux

  • Red
  • Dry
  • Full Bodied
  • Cabernet Sauvignon (54%), Merlot (38%), Cabernet Franc (8%)
Ready - youthful (Drink 2021 - 2042)
Jane Anson
94/100
Jancis Robinson MW
18/20
James Suckling
94/100
Neal Martin
94/100
Jeb Dunnuck
94/100
Antonio Galloni
93/100
Jane Anson
92/100
Lisa Perrotti-Brown MW
92/100
Neal Martin
91/100
Product: 20151012172

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2015 Château Langoa Barton, St Julien, Bordeaux

Description

54% Cabernet Sauvignon, 38% Merlot, 8% Cabernet Franc.

As is usually the case, Château Langoa Barton is a classic Claret. This estate is known for producing excellent wines, regardless of the overall vintage quality. The 2015 edition is particularly good, with pure plummy fruit alongside damsons, creamy raspberries, and cassis. Brimming with fine colour and offering a fine fragrance on the nose, there is a pretty bouquet here. Soft and approachable, the fruit shows more evidence of freshness, coolness, and crunch. Elegant and rounded, this is a flavoursome and rewarding wine in 2015.

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Colour Red
Sweetness Dry
Vintage 2015
Alcohol % 13%
Maturity Ready - youthful (2021 - 2042)
Grape List Cabernet Sauvignon (54%), Merlot (38%), Cabernet Franc (8%)
Body Full Bodied
Producer Château Langoa-Barton

Critics reviews

Jane Anson 94/100
Still majoring on primary fruit aromatics at 7 years old. There is a precision and a silkiness to the tannins and structure that means the black cherry and raspberry fruits remain taut and almost austere at first, before deepening out through the mid palate, gathering together richer nuances of oyster shell, cocoa bean, espresso. Great texture and depth of expression, and will really benefit from another 3 to 5 years in bottle. 70% new oak.
Drink 2034 - 2042
Jane Anson, JaneAnson.com (Mar 2022)
Jancis Robinson MW 18/20

We were shown a special illustrated label for the 2021 Langoa commissioned by Damien Barton to commemorate the 200th anniversary of the Barton purchase of Langoa, the family's first property in the Médoc. Anthony B died while it was being designed so features on it in a small way, with his dog.

Very dark crimson. Wonderfully perfumed, almost Margaux-like, nose and lovely, silky texture. Gorgeous.
Drink 2025 - 2036
Jancis Robinson MW, JancisRobinson.com (May 2025)
James Suckling 94/100
Layered and juicy 2015 with currants, light chocolate and cedar character. It’s full-bodied, round-textured and very pretty. Extremely long and flavorful. So friendly and bright. Drink or hold.
James Suckling, JamesSuckling.com (Feb 2018)
Neal Martin 94/100

The 2015 Langoa Barton has a classy bouquet with cedar- and tobacco-infused black fruit along with a little sous-bois that emerges with time. The palate is medium-bodied, taut and crisp, with pliant tannins and plenty of graphite toward the finish that is endowed with fine density and satisfying length. The 2015 is excellent. Tasted blind at the 2015 Bordeaux Ten-Year-On tasting at Farr Vintners.

Drink 2027 - 2050
Neal Martin, Vinous.com (Feb 2025)
Jeb Dunnuck 94/100
A wine that overdelivers in the appellation is the 2015 Château Langoa Barton which is largely Cabernet Sauvignon yet includes 38% Merlot and 8% Cabernet Franc. Brought up in 60% new oak, it boasts a deep purple color and smokin’ good notes of caramelized cherries, crème de cassis, toasty oak, and graphite. Big, full-bodied, concentrated, and structured, with awesome purity of fruit as well as notable elegance, it needs 3-4 years of bottle age and will keep for two to three decades. Bravo!
Drink 2021 - 2051
Jeb Dunnuck, JebDunnuck.com (Nov 2017)
Antonio Galloni 93/100

What a nice surprise the 2015 Langoa-Barton is. Racy, silky and forward, the 2015 will drink well with minimal cellaring. Succulent red cherry and pomegranate fruit are nicely lifted by floral and spice notes that add aromatic intensity and layers of flavor. Silky tannins add to the wine's considerable immediacy and sheer appeal.
Drink 2020 - 2035
Antonio Galloni, Vinous.com (Dec 2017)
Jane Anson 92/100
Deep rich ruby in colour, this has a soft expression on the nose, layering redcurrant jelly and smoked oak. It has an enjoyably frank expression, a little less austere than some from St-Julien in this vintage, without sacrificing ageing ability. 60% new oak.
Drink 2025 - 2040
Jane Anson, Decanter.com (Nov 2017)
Lisa Perrotti-Brown MW 92/100
Langoa Barton 2015 is medium to deep garnet in color. It soars from the glass with expressive redcurrant jelly and warm cassis scents, followed by nuances of candied violets, chocolate box, and wild thyme. The medium-bodied palate is still showing a little oak with delicate berry layers and a soft texture, finishing with lovely freshness.
Drink 2022 - 2035
Lisa Perrotti-Brown MW, TheWineIndependent.com (Nov 2022)
Neal Martin 91/100
The 2015 Langoa Barton has an expressive bouquet with a touch of hoisin on the nose, something a little “Far East” to add a little intrigue. The palate is medium-bodied with supple tannin, very lithe in the mouth with a sweet core of black fruit. There is an approachability to this Langoa that makes it very appealing although I would like more complexity to develop with bottle age.
Drink 2022 - 2040
Neal Martin, Wine Advocate (Feb 2018)

About this wine

Saint-Julien

Saint-Julien

St Julien is the smallest of the ‘Big Four’ Médoc communes although, without any First Growths, it is recognised to be the most consistent of the main communes with many châteaux turning out impressive wines year after year. The wines can be judged as much by texture as flavour, and there is a sleek, wholesome character to the best. At their very finest they combine Margaux’s elegance and refinement with Pauillac’s power and substance.
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