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2021 Château Langoa Barton, St Julien, Bordeaux

  • Red
  • Dry
  • Full Bodied
  • Cabernet Sauvignon (61%),Merlot (36%),Cabernet Franc (3%)
Ready - youthful
Neal Martin MW
91-93/100
William Kelley
92-94/100
Jane Anson MW
92/100
Product: 20211012172
2021 Château Langoa Barton, St Julien, Bordeaux

Description

Cabernet Sauvignon 61%, Merlot 36%, Cabernet Franc 3%

This is the first Langoa vintage made in the new winery, though Damien Barton Sartorius has kept the wooden fermentation vats, which are harder to maintain but are, he feels, intrinsic to the Barton style. The 2021 is aromatically energetic and bouncy, with a certain sturdiness on the palate (which is usual) but also a finely judged structure that guides rather than dominates the finish. This is complete and classically styled, lifted by the finely crafted and perfumed aromatics. Drink 2026-2040.

Our score: 16.5/20

Berry Bros. & Rudd, April 2022

Colour Red
Sweetness Dry
Vintage 2021
Maturity Ready - youthful
Grape List Cabernet Sauvignon (61%),Merlot (36%),Cabernet Franc (3%)
Body Full Bodied
Producer Château Langoa-Barton

Critics reviews

Neal Martin MW 91-93/100
The 2021 Langoa Barton was picked 27 September until 7 October, matured in 60% new oak. Analysis shows 13.03% alcohol. It has a well-defined bouquet with expressive Merlot this year. Hints of blood orange/orange sorbet percolate through the red fruit. It has a skip in its step. The palate is medium-bodied with a taut and fresh entry. Plenty of sapidity here, oyster shell tinged with a well-defined and quite persistent finish. Lovely length, this is quite a gorgeous Saint-Julien that will age beautifully in bottle.Drink 2026 - 2048Neal Martin, Vinous.com.com, (May 2022)
Drink 2026 - 2048
Neal Martin MW, Vinous.com (May 2022)
William Kelley 92-94/100
The first vintage vinified in the Barton family's new winery, the 2021 Langoa Barton is immensely promising, offering up aromas of cassis, cigar wrapper, loamy soil and black truffle, followed by a medium to full-bodied, velvety and seamless palate that's deep and complete, its vibrant core of fruit framed by ripe tannins and lively acids. It's a blend of 61% Cabernet Sauvignon, 36% Merlot and 3% Cabernet Franc. Tasted three times.William Kelley, Wine Advocate (Apr 2022)
Drink 2026 - 2048
William Kelley, RobertParker.com (Apr 2022)
Jane Anson MW 92/100
Bright plum in colour, this is skilfully expressed, austere but present red cherry and blackberry fruits, strict tannic structure that opens through the mid palate to allow some juice and sandalwood smoke to run through the fruit. This has less of the exuberant depths that we have seen in Langoa in recent vintages, a little more old school overall, but will age, and has appellation signature. 60% new oak. Technical director François Brehant, consultant Eric Boissenot.Drink 2027 - 2040jane_anson_mw, janeanson_com (May 2022)
Drink 2026 - 2048
Jane Anson MW, JaneAnson.com (May 2022)

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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