Chateau Langoa Barton, 3ème G.C.C, 1855 St. Julien 2010 bibantonio-galloni-vinous This Merlot-led blend is sourced

This Merlot-led blend is sourced primarily from the Valadorna and Capraia blocks

a profusion of citrus and just-cut apple on the nose

white flowers and some mineral

plums and a touch of violets

Note the characteristic notes of flinty minerals related to the soil where the grapes are grown

Chateau Langoa Barton, 3ème G.C.C, 1855 St. Julien 2010 bibantonio-galloni-vinous This Merlot-led blend is sourcedAnother wine showing better from bottle than it did from barrel, the 2010 Langoa Barton has the typical structured, dense style, but just as I thought earlier on, it is a much softer and more developed wine than one ordinarily expects from proprietor Anthony Barton. It is full bodied and impressively endowed with subtle oak, rich cassis fruit and notes of new saddle leather, forest floor, cedar wood and spice box. Full, authoritative and dense, this