2009 Langoa Barton 6 Pack

95 POINTS

Roger Voss - Wine Enthusiast

Lots of new wood here, maybe too dominant. This is certainly a stage, because the fruit weight is also there to give a wine of considerable complexity, dry and solid.

94 POINTS

Neal Martin - Wine Advocate

Served blind at the Southwold 2009 tasting. This is a superb performance from Langoa Barton. Here, the 2009 has a lifted, perfumed, Burgundy-inspired bouquet that is nicely defined but showing a little more unresolved oak than its peers. The palate is medium-bodied with sappy red fruit on the entry: strawberry, cedar and blackcurrant. This is strict and very linear, conservative but compelling. The class is here from start to finish and presently stands shoulder to shoulder with its "big bro'". Tasted January 2013.

94 POINTS

Bernard Burtschy - Le Figaro

Robe sombre. Nez enjôleur de mûre et cassis avec les notes habituelles de cuir à ce stade. En bouche, le vin est très aromatique et surtout dense et velouté avec de belles notes de mûre et de fumée, le milieu de bouche est splendide, le tout est complet avec des tannins fins et une belle longueur. Harmonieux. Grand vin.

94 POINTS

Antonio Galloni MW - Vinous

The 2009 Langoa-Barton has a gorgeous bouquet with blackberry, bilberry, cedar and light tobacco aromas that blossom from the glass. This feels so composed and pure. The palate is medium-bodied with sappy black fruit, fine-grain tannin, beautifully judged acidity and a svelte, languorous finish that fans out with style. What a gorgeous and utterly seductive Saint-Julien. It turns out to be Langoa Barton, a wine that I have rated very highly in the past. Tasted blind at Farr Vintners’ 2009 Bordeaux tasting.

93 POINTS

Tim Atkin

13%. 54 CS, 34 M, 12CF Langoa is usually considered to be lighter than Léoville-Barton (also owned by the Bartons) and so it proved in 2009. But what the former lacks in weight and power it more than makes up for in brightness and freshness, showing red fruits, well-handled oak and a hint of kirsch. 10+ years.

93 POINTS

James Molesworth - Wine Spectator

Very dense and still rather reserved, with dark blueberry, blackberry and fig notes rolled together, framed by freshly brewed espresso and Black Forest cake notes. Long and tarry through the finish, with a melted licorice snap note hanging on at the very end. Best from 2014 through 2030 -J.M.

93 POINTS

Alan Duran - Periodic Review of Wine

Anthony Barton's 2009 Langoa is a full-bodied, dense, crammend offering that should not be missed. Its deeply saturated purple color precedes complex fragrances of lead-pencil dust, blackberry extract, white flower, crème de cassis, and stone. It's big on blackberry flavor with a luxurious richness to the superbly ripe fruit. This leads to a gorgeously long finish boasting Barton's typically adundant tannin. An offering that has great potential and is likely to withstand 35-40 years of aging. Fabulous Langoa! Maturity period 2017-2044.

Bettane & Desseauve - TAST

Boisé marqué, grand nez classique de prune, myrtille et cèdre, complet, avec une grande suite en bouche. 18/20