Chateau Langoa Barton, 3ème G.C.C, 1855 St. Julien 2010 bibantonio-galloni-vinous The fruit was hand-picked

The fruit was hand-picked

this Riesling expresses lifted floral aromas

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

and medium to high rainfall

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

Chateau Langoa Barton, 3ème G.C.C, 1855 St. Julien 2010 bibantonio-galloni-vinous The fruit was hand-pickedAnother 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