2008 Château Langoa-Barton
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The 2008 Château Langoa Barton, from the Leoville Barton team, is mature yet still fresh and lively, with impressive amounts of blackcurrant and black raspberry fruits supported by complex spice and bouquet garni notes. It’s balanced, has a beautiful sweetness of fruit, and a good finish. Drink it over the coming decade.
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Tasted blind. Salty and iodine with the fruit just ripe enough. Very dry finish. Thick – very much a wine for classicists! Not a charmer, but it improved in the glass. (JR)
Has the sort of sweet-fruit generosity that is riper than most bordeaux in 2008. Super-fine tannins, snappy acid. Leaves quite a chew on the finish. Open and modern and charming. (RH)
About the producer

Hugh Barton purchased this estate, alongside Second Growth Ch. Léoville Barton, in the 1820s. Classified as a Third Growth and run by Lilian Barton with her children Damien and Mélanie today, the 20 hectares of vines produce some of the appellation’s most elegant wines – and at reasonable prices.