2019 Château Langoa Barton
Community Tasting Note
Everything Ahead wrote:
90 Points
Friday, November 17, 2023 - Very oaky and a dried out in the fruit department now. Presumably shutting down hard. Double-decanted and followed over two nights, this did show some nice dark fruits, and is clearly well-made, but comes across as a bit modern, even Californian, tasting over-oaked at this stage. I always find Leoville Barton to be quite a few notches above Langoa in every way, which I guess makes sense given their relative costs and reputations. This will either flesh out and integrate with 10-20 years or always remain a solid but a bit underfruited wine. Time will tell, but I wouldn't rush out to buy more of the wine in this vintage ...
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Comment posted by rwez:
11/17/2023 2:23:00 PM - if you really want to drink this wine so young you will definitively be disappointed. Also you really can't compare this with Leoville since that's a completely different wine with way more sunshine than the Langoa. This wine will come in it's drinking window around 2027. You're just too early imho.
Comment posted by Everything Ahead:
11/18/2023 3:32:00 AM - Of course it is too young now to be at it's best, that is obvious. But I find that with very good to great wines, they show their pedigree at each stage of development. The 19 Langoa did not show that to me, even with extended (i.e. 2 days) air time, unlike, say the 19 Branaire-Ducru, 19 D'Issan, or several Second wines from the vintage, which all revealed their balance and potential with 2 days or air. I found the Langoa a bit hollow in the fruit department and dry from the oak treatment. I taste a fair bit of young BDX, and I stand by my reservations on this one.