Langoa Barton - Saint-Julien 2023

Vinous

92

byNeal Martinthe2/1/2026

The 2023 Langoa Barton has a clean, well-defined, almost understated bouquet with blackberry, black plum and raspberry fruit, quite open and expressive. The palate is medium-bodied with finely wound tannins, graceful with ample weight on the mid-palate. No fireworks nor ostentation, lightly spiced with a cohesive finish, this Langoa Barton will age gracefully in bottle.

Jamessuckling.com

95

byJames Sucklingthe1/27/2026

Fresh and juicy, showing precise cherries, berries, minerals and licorice. Good midpalate tension, with medium to full body and a pristine finish. Not a dense vintage, but there is a lot to like here, particularly if you enjoy Bordeaux with brightness, elegance and finesse. Quite long and taut too. A blend of 60% cabernet sauvignon, 37% merlot and 3% cabernet franc. Drink or hold.

My Bettane + Desseauve

92

by Bettane & Desseauvethe5/15/2024

Bon corps, grain de tannin encore sur la réserve qu’il faudra revoir à la fin de l’élevage.

Yvesbeck.wine

94-96

byYves Beckthe5/14/2024

Langoa Barton zeigt schon im Bouquet Tiefe, mit vielen Nuancen wie Graphit, Cassis, Brombeeren, Himbeeren und noch viel mehr! Der Auftakt bestätigt die Tiefe des Weins, der sich dennoch Schritt für Schritt aufbaut und im Laufe seines Fortschritts an Dimension gewinnt. Die lieblichen Tannine sind fein und bilden eine ausgezeichnete Symbiose mit der temperamentvollen Säurestruktur. Ein aussagekräftiger, einladender, harmonischer Wein, der bereit ist, einige Jahrzehnte im Keller zu verbringen, aber auch in seiner Jugend zugänglich sein wird.

Jeb DUNNUCK

91-93

byJeb Dunnuckthe5/13/2024

The 2023 Château Langoa Barton checks in as 60% Cabernet Sauvignon, 37% Merlot, and 3% Cabernet Franc that's resting in 60% new French oak. It hit 13% alcohol and has a deep purple hue as well as impressive notes of black cherries, darker currants, graphite, and spring flowers. It's balanced, medium-bodied, has bright acidity, and ripe, focusing tannins. It's clearly an outstanding wine, but it’s going to need time. Tasted twice with consistent notes.

The Wine Cellar Insider

92-94

byJeff Levethe5/6/2024

Blackberries, cigar wrapper, flowers, and cherries fill the nose with its aromatic profile. On the palate, the wine is fresh, chewy, and Cassis, tobacco, flowers, blackberries, and red currants show easily on the nose, and palate. There is a wealth of fresh, dark red fruits, creamy tannins, and infused with tobacco, powerful tannins, and a gentle, crispness to the spicy, blackberries on the mid-palate, and in the finish. The wine blends 60% Cabernet Sauvignon, 37% Merlot, and 3% Cabernet Franc. 13% ABV. Drink from 2028-2050. 92-94 Pts.

Jane Anson, Inside Bordeaux

94

byJane Ansonthe5/6/2024

Solid tannins, gorgeous iris and violet reflections, blueberry and cassis fruits, shot through with cigar box, this is a fairly old school Langoa in the best possibly way, juicy, sapppy, nuanced, with chalky tannins that lift through the palate.

Vinous

91-93

byAntonio Gallonithe4/30/2024

The 2023 Langoa Barton is packed with dark red cherry, plum, spice, cedar and tobacco. Over the last few years, an updated style of vinification in a new cellar has yielded a bit more mid-palate sweetness, pliancy and resonance than in the past. It will be interesting to see where this goes, but clearly, we have entered into an era of Langoa. Tasted two times.

Vinous

91-93

byNeal Martinthe4/29/2024

The 2023 Langoa Barton was picked from September 12 until October 2 at around 50hL/ha, with some "late" saignée for half the vat–when it has some “serious color,” according to Damien Barton. Two vats were chaptalized out of a total of 42, the highest at 15%, yielding an average alcohol of 13%. Matured in 60% new oak, it has a very perfumed bouquet with black plum, boysenberry and a touch of mint. This is notably forward and unabashed. The palate is medium-bodied with pliant tannins, a sorbet-fresh Langoa with a bright, almost pastille-like finish that lingers in the mouth. Very seductive and vivacious, I appreciate the nascent energy here.

Falstaff

92

byPeter Moserthe4/29/2024

Deep dark ruby, opaque core, purple reflections. Delicate notes of plums, dark forest berries, a hint of cassis, fine tobacco nuances. Medium body, red currants, fine tan- nins, somewhat slender in the finish, offers uncomplicated drinking pleasure.

Alexandre Ma

92-94

byAlexandre Mathe4/28/2024

Wine Advocate

93-95

byWilliam Kelleythe4/26/2024

The 2023 Langoa Barton is a very accomplished wine, the family's new winery having permitted more precise, parcel-by-parcel winemaking as well as gentler handling of the fruit to deliver a wine with all this estate's customary intensity of flavor but more polish and refinement. Unwinding in the glass with aromas of dark berries, cassis and plums mingled with hints of pencil shavings and dried rose petals, it's medium to full-bodied, with an inky core of fruit, vibrant acids and plenty of suave structuring tannin. This classic blend of 60% Cabernet Sauvignon, 37% Merlot and 3% Cabernet Franc is sure to number among the intelligent purchases of the en primeur campaign.

Jamessuckling.com

94-95

byJames Sucklingthe4/25/2024

There’s depth of fruit here with blackberries, blackcurrants and hints of cedar and tobacco. The tannins are very solid and polished with juiciness and depth. Pristine. Bright acidity. 60% cabernet sauvignon, 37% merlot and 3% cabernet franc.