1985 Château Langoa Barton

Community Tasting Notes (12) Avg Score: 90.8 points

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  3/5/2023 - djhammond Likes this wine: 93 Points

  This exceeded all expectations and was an absolute delight. It is fully mature with a vibrant nose of raspberry and cedar, and a meaty palate. The finish does not quite match the rest of the experience, and is a little simplistic and over tannic. I decanted this for an hour, and I think it was detrimental, and would advise to just pop and pour.

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  2/2/2023 - Vinumming & Ahhing Likes this wine: 89 Points

  1985 Bordeaux Horizontal - London (Noizé, London): Comes out of the blocks quickly and initially only a couple of strides back from the Leo B it is served with but air is not its friend. There is a pleasant meatiness to this and a little overdiluted cherry cordial on the nose. Palate has more of the same and nicely resolved tannins. Suspect on its own this would have shone more but the company was very blue blooded.

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  1/16/2022 - RockinCabs wrote: 94 Points

  Wow. Absolutely magnificent nose of raspberry, black perigord truffles, gravel and blackberries. A silky palate with cherry, walnut, cedar and truffles. Deftly balanced and layered with loads of nuanced interest.
  
  Generously shared by Englishmans Claret.

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  1/16/2022 - englishman's claret wrote: 94 Points

  Langoa never gets a fair shake. But tonight, blind, it did. Raspberry, red cedar, pencil, mineral, and Périgord truffle, deep and effusive, disarmingly aromatic, this can’t help but charm. At the peak of its powers en magnum, this was a favorite among experienced tasters who preferred it to the Léoville; I found them qualitatively equal.

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  10/4/2021 - Loathesome Likes this wine: 92 Points

  I love the 1985s. A vintage that was written off as to easy and no future just goes on and on. I did not expect great things from Langoa but goodness the colour was so young and healthy. The nose was slightly restrained and the the palate almost frustratingly immature. Extraordinary that this will improve over the next 5-10 years.

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