2025, Château Langoa Barton, SAINT-JULIEN, 3ème Grand Cru Classé2025 is 40% Cabernet Sauvignon, 45% Merlot,15% Cabernet Franc. Loville Barton's smaller sister chteau has been producing increasingly excellent winesin recent vintages. Grape varieties, viticulture and vinification are similar to those of Loville. Quality is often very similar too. The 2025 Langoa Barton has a lively bouquet with the Merlot in full effect, blueberry and cassis scents, and just a background touch of peppermint. The palate is medium

43% merlot

It has a beautifully-defined bouquet with blackberry

it's a lovely wine in the making

because it is less gourmet than in vintages like 2022 and 2023

white pepper and dried herbs

the triumverate of tannins

supremely polished wine

slow and steady tannic construction that brings in graphite

For a start

fanning out toward the finish

62% Merlot and 4% Cabernet Franc

Ceylon tea