| | Presented by Vivienne Franks - 1993 Château Langoa Barton - France, Bordeaux, Médoc, St. Julien
Just opaque, not much age.
Still fruity on the nose, with animal notes, pleasant and inviting.
Delicious, soft tannins, cooked fruit, on the cusp. (88 pts.)
- 1998 Château Langoa Barton - France, Bordeaux, Médoc, St. Julien
Quite dense and youthful.
A reluctant nose, there's an attractive perfume including tobacco.
Leathery fruit, soft tannins, warm in the mid palate, pretty long - maybe wait to open the next in 5 - 10 years. (92 pts.)
- 1997 Château Langoa Barton - France, Bordeaux, Médoc, St. Julien
Just opaque with not much age.
A hesitant nose, a hint of fruit with animal notes, pleasant.
Good balance, lovely complexity in the mid palate, a wine for meditation. (89 pts.)
- 1999 Château Langoa Barton - France, Bordeaux, Médoc, St. Julien
Dense and older looking than the 98.
Attractive nose, fruit and a hint of oak.
A beautiful wine with plenty of life, plenty of tannin, a lovely mid palate and great length. (91 pts.)
- 2001 Château Langoa Barton - France, Bordeaux, Médoc, St. Julien
Not much age, dark and intense.
Vanilla fragrance with a hint of animal earthiness.
Very fruity, tarry, very soft tannins, still youthful. (91 pts.)
- 2002 Château Langoa Barton - France, Bordeaux, Médoc, St. Julien
A bit of age, dark and intense.
Vanilla, some animal notes, dark fruit.
Fruity and tannic, good balance, drinking nicely, very long. (92 pts.)
- 2004 Château Langoa Barton - France, Bordeaux, Médoc, St. Julien
Intensely dark, very little age.
Eventually the nose is rewarded with some fruit. Very fruity in the mouth, exceedingly tannic, far from its peak, very long. (91 pts.)
- 2005 Château Langoa Barton - France, Bordeaux, Médoc, St. Julien
Intensely dark, very little age.
Perfume with ripe fruit.
Fruity, very tannic, still much too young, very long. (93 pts.)
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