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2012 Château Langoa Barton, St Julien, Bordeaux

  • Red
  • Dry
  • Full Bodied
  • Cabernet Sauvignon (70%),Merlot (22%),Cabernet Franc (8%)
Ready - mature
Jancis Robinson MW
16.5/20
17.5+/20
James Molesworth
87-90/100
Product: 20121012172
2012 Château Langoa Barton, St Julien, Bordeaux

Description

Cabernet Sauvignon is 70% of the blend, with 22% Merlot and 8% Cabernet Franc, all of which will be aged in 60% new barrels.

Ch. Langoa Barton impresses in 2012. The character of its Cabernet Sauvignon is vivid and expressive, created from low yields by nature’s vicissitudes during the growing season and supported by a rigorously enforced selection process, which removed any fruit deemed even possibly unripe. The wine presents with a remarkably juicy initial expression of cassis and the palate remains fruit-driven. Any thoughts that Langoa might tend towards rusticity in this vintage should be dismissed although the wine should be considered for earlier drinking after five or so years.

Mark Pardoe MW, Wine Director, Berry Bros. & Rudd

Colour Red
Sweetness Dry
Vintage 2012
Maturity Ready - mature
Grape List Cabernet Sauvignon (70%),Merlot (22%),Cabernet Franc (8%)
Body Full Bodied
Producer Château Langoa-Barton

Critics reviews

Jancis Robinson MW 16.5/20
Dark crimson. Edgy, leafy nose with thick appeal though it lacks a bit of really spontaneous freshness. Solid. jancis_robinson_mw MW, JancisRobinson.com, 23 Apr 2013
Jancis Robinson MW, JancisRobinson.com (Apr 2013)
17.5+/20
Fine depth of fruit, with suppleness and charm.
Decanter.com
James Molesworth 87-90/100
Soft at the core, featuring gentle plum and cherry pie notes, with dusty tannins and powdered vanilla accents on the finish.james_molesworth, Wine Spectator, April 8 2013
James Molesworth, WineSpectator.com (Apr 2013)

About this wine

Cabernet Sauvignon

The most famous red wine grape in the world and one of the most widely planted.
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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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Chateau Langoa Barton

Château Langoa-Barton, 3rd Classified Growth, was the first of the two Bordeaux wine estates bought by Hugh Barton in the 1820s, the other being Léoville-Barton, 2nd Classified Growth. Hugh Barton was a descendant of an Irish family which settled in Bordeaux in the 18th century and which has a long and distinguished history in the region’s wine trade. Both properties are still family-owned and run and together represent the longest tradition of unchanged ownership in the Médoc. After the death of the late Anthony Barton in 2022, his daughter Lilian and grandson Damien Barton have now taken the reins.
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