2019 Chateau Langoa-Barton - 3eme Cru Classe St. Julien

Decanter.com – 94 pts – GH: *Quite strongly perfumed on the nose here, full, heady, more pronounced than some of the others with a richness and intensity to the nose. High toned straight away, a combination of quite ripe acidity, almost brusque on the palate with a creaminess to the tannins. Doesn't feel totally harmonious right now but there is great density of fruit, good acidity, brightness and soft tannins with a liquorice kick at the end, cooling and fresh. Lots going on here, just needs to come together.* - 01/2022

Falstaff Magazin – 94 pts – PM: *Dunkles Rubingranat, opaker Kern, violette Reflexe, zarte Randaufhellung. Etwas Feigen, zart nach Eukalytus, zart nach Nougat, kandierte Orangenzesten, reife Pflaumen sind unterlegt. Komplex, saftige schwarze Waldbeerfrucht, feine, reife Tannine, lebendige Struktur, salzig-mineralischer Abgang, bleibt gut haften, wird von Flaschenreife profitieren.* - 02/2022

Vinum Magazin – 17,5/20 pts: *Wie immer von beeindruckender Harmonie, mit seinen delikaten Backgewürznoten, seinen runden Tanninen, seinem hohen Fruchtgehalt.*

WeinWisser – 18,5/20pts – GL: *Purpur mit rubinroten Reflexen. Betörendes Bouquet nach Alpenheidelbeeren, Brombeergelee und dominikanischem Tabak, dahinter dunkle Schokotrüffel und Lakritze. Am eleganten Gaumen mit cremiger Textur und kakaoartigem Tannin, perfekt stützend, dann umhüllt eine tänzerische Rasse den Körper und man wird einfach mitgerissen. Im aromatischen Finale betören blaue Beeren, Wacholder, dunkle Mineralik und eine edle Adstringenz. So eine Eleganz findet man dieses Jahr in St.-Julien und das hier ist ein Musterbeispiel. Gehört auf jede Einkaufsliste!* – 04/2020

JamesSuckling.com - 95-96pts - JS: *Very finely textured with pure blue fruit and lavender and violet undertones. It’s full-bodied with pure, focused fruit. Extremely long and refined. Clearly better than the 2018.* - 06/2020

Vinous.com – 93 pts – AG: *The 2019 Langoa-Barton is every bit as delicious as it was from barrel. The purity of the flavors is just striking. Inky red fruit, blood orange, spice, mint and pomegranate are pushed forward. This is an especially succulent, richly textured Langoa, and that's not a bad thing for a wine that in some vintages is a bit light.* - 01/2022

Vinous.com – 94 pts – NM: *The 2019 Langoa-Barton has a much more classically-hewn bouquet with blackberry, gravel, freshly rolled tobacco and smoke billowing from the glass. The palate is medium-bodied with sweet ripe tannins. It doesn't quite have the depth of its peers, though it is very well balanced, but it closes up shop on the finish. Cellar this for another 8-10 years. Tasted blind at the Southwold annual tasting.* - 01/2023

Thewinecellarinsider.com – 93 pts – JL: *Deep in color, the wine is full-bodied, crisp, fresh, juicy and spicy. Medium-full/bodied, with a core of crunchy, black currants, cranberry, pomegranate and spice. This is not a forward wine, like many 2019s, so give it at least a decade or more for all of its creme de cassis to fill-out, soften and become approachable. Drink from 2033-2060.* - 03/2022