Chateau Langoa Barton Saint Julien 2010

3rd Growth

73% Cabernet Sauvignon, 10% Cabernet Franc, 17% Merlot, with elevage in 60% new oak. 

The 2010 Langoa-Barton has a very serious complex and involving bouquet with blackberry, cedar, sage and light sous-bois aromas that are exquisitely defined. The oak here is seamlessly integrated. The palate is medium-bodied with supple rounded tannins that frame its payload of black fruit laced with white pepper and cedar. It fans out brilliantly towards the finish. It is so velvety in texture that you could almost broach this now, but its substance and weight suggests that it deserves another few years in the cellar. Tasted blind at Farr Vintners 10-Year On Bordeaux horizontal. Drink 2024-2050. 95 Points. Neal Marin, Vinous (2020).