Ratings By Robert Parker 89+ Tasting Notes This tastes more like a Pauillac than a St.-Julien with its big, beefy, tannic overlay and aromas and flavors of black currants, asphalt, leather, and damp earth. Tannic, full-bodied but almost impenetrably closed and broodingly backward, this is a long-term prospect for those with patience. Anticipated maturity: 2018-2030+.(Wine… Read More »

Ratings By Robert Parker 90? Tasting Notes This primordial-styled, incredibly tannic St.-Julien reveals a dense purple color along with aromas of roasted meats, tapenade, cassis, melted licorice, and chocolate. Following the promising aromatic display, the wine shuts down in the mouth, revealing only excruciating tannin and good acidity. It will not be ready to drink… Read More »

Ratings By Robert Parker Tasting Notes Another sleeper of the vintage from this somewhat under the radar step-child of Anthony Barton??s more famous Leoville Barton, the 2004 Langoa Barton exhibits deep, concentrated, chunky, black currant and cherry fruit intermixed with notions of forest floor and aged beef blood. This impressive, full-bodied, powerful, ageworthy St.-Julien is… Read More »

Ratings By Robert Parker 90 Tasting Notes This is often looked at as the second wine of Leoville Barton, but it is actually a separate estate, producing wines that are slightly softer than the more formidably endowed and broodingly backward Leoville Bartons. The outstanding 2003, a softer version of the Leoville Barton, exhibits a deep… Read More »

Ratings By Robert Parker 90 Tasting Notes The saturated ruby/plum-tinged 2002 reveals a tight but promising nose of underbrush, new saddle leather, damp earth, black currants and cherries. It is a strongly structured, potent effort with medium to full body, and impressive purity, but loads of tannin presented in a frightfully backward style. Anticipated maturity:… Read More »

Ratings By Robert Parker 88 Tasting Notes Tobacco, spice box, cedar, and black currants offer a perfumed, complex introduction to this structured, beefy, muscular St.-Julien. As usual, a battle between the fruit and structure is being waged in this 2001, which appears to be a bit broader and more charming than most young Langoa Bartons.… Read More »

Ratings By Robert Parker 91 Tasting Notes Showing far more impressively from bottle than it ever did from cask, this wine has turned out to be an outstanding Langoa Barton. It reveals a deep, saturated purple color and an expansive, sweet nose of earthy black currants, plum, and melted licorice. Structured, dense, chewy, with full… Read More »

Ratings By Robert Parker 87 Tasting Notes This is a big, tannic, muscular effort for the vintage. Langoa Barton’s 1999 is atypically backward and stubborn. However, there is attractive cassis/currant fruit under all the tannin. The question is, will the tannin subside sufficiently for the fruit to fully emerge? Anticipated maturity: 2006-2015.(Wine Advocate #140 Apr… Read More »

Ratings By Robert Parker 89 Tasting Notes A dense ruby/purple color as well as a muscular, ageworthy personality are found in this no BS sort of wine. It possesses loads of body, impressive concentration, and firm tannin in the finish. However, it is a wine for those who are able to defer their gratification as… Read More »

Ratings By Robert Parker 84 Tasting Notes Not a top-notch effort, Langoa Barton’s medium ruby-colored 1997 exhibits sweet, herb-tinged, berry, and currant aromas, spicy, cedary, medium-bodied flavors, low acidity, and a pleasant but undistinguished finish. Drink it over the next 7-8 years.(Wine Advocate #128 Apr 2000) By Robert Parker