Langoa Barton 2012

Name: Langoa Barton 2012
Brand: Fine Wine Cellar
SKU: fv_105212012-BT6
Price: 357.0 GBP
Availability: InStock

£357.00 - £357.00

£357.00

£357.00 - £357.00

£357.00

Bottle price:: £59.50
Country:: France
Region:: Bordeaux
Sub-region:: St Julien
Vintage:: 2012
Grape:: Cabernet Sauvignon / Merlot / Cabernet Franc
ABV:: 13.0%
Score:: 90, Robert Parker

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Tasting notes

Plenty of juicy blackcurrant fruit and background oak are present in this plump, medium to full-bodied, ripe, well-made wine. Not nearly as tannic as I feared, this wine shows a forward plumpness, excellent purity, texture and length. Drink it over the next 15-20 years.Drink: 2015 - 2035

The 2012 Langoa-Barton has an open-knit bouquet with red fruit and embers, almost ash-like scents, gradually offering a little more cohesion. One of the more opulent Saint-Juliens on the nose. The palate is medium-bodied with slightly chewy tannins. Fleshy, nicely balanced, approachable with a spicy kick towards quite a substantial finish, this Langoa wears its heart on its sleeve and has wonderful tension throughout. Tasted twice at Bordeaux Index's Ten Year-On tasting and blind at the Southwold Ten-Year On tasting. Drink 2022-2038.

Classic, signature Langoa, evident sandalwood and cedar smoke on the nose, coupled with violet, peony and rose petals flowers, fresh acidities from juicy blackberry and raspberry fruits, still has plenty of grip that suggests you can begin to drink today, but it should improve further over the next 2 to 3 years, and then go for a good few decades. Enjoyable. Tasted also at the chateau in a vertical recently. 60% new oak.

Mid garnet. Looks very slightly more evolved than the Léoville Barton tasted alongside. Already with some appeal on the nose. Fresh with light fruit and just slightly pinched finish. But admirably classic. 2023 - 2038.

The fruit feels ripe giving richness on the nose and the start of the palate. Black fruits cassis and blackberry are very much to the fore but underpinning is the freshness of bilberry and bramble. The sweetness on the back palate gives way to freshness giving a slightly lighter feel to the finish. 2018-28

Fruity, short and narrowly constructed, the 2012 Langoa Barton displays a deep ruby/plum/purple color, fresh acids, sweet tannins and less weight, muscle and power than usual. It is a good but uninspiring effort to drink over the next 10-12 years.

The Langoa Barton is a blend of 70% Cabernet Sauvignon, 22% Merlot and 8% Cabernet Franc picked between 3 and 15 October at 32hl/ha. It has a surprisingly high-toned, quite glossy, exotic bouquet at first, although it appears to "calm down" in the glass to leave plenty of ripe red cherry and strawberry fruit. The palate is medium-bodied with ripe, supple tannins. This is a generous, confident Langoa Barton, quite feminine (living up to its name) with a lovely ripe, quite sensual finish that exhibits deftly integrated oak. Tasted twice with consistent notes, there is great potential here. Tasted April 2013.

Classic, signature Langoa, evident sandalwood and cedar smoke on the nose, coupled with violet, peony and rose petals flowers, fresh acidites from juicy blackberry and raspberry fruits, still has plenty of grip that suggests you can begin to drink today, but it should improve further over the next 2 to 3 years, and then go for a good few decades. Enjoyable. Technical director François Brehant, consultant Eric Boissenot.

Dark crimson. Edgy, leafy nose with thick appeal though it lacks a bit of really spontaneous freshness. Solid.

Langoa Barton 2012

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