2010 Château Langoa-Barton, Saint-Julien Third Growth
Charting top-growth Bordeaux from a legendary vintage is one of the great joys of collecting blue-chip wine. With over a dozen years of bottle age, the 2010 Château Langoa-Barton has quietly matured into a bona fide superstar—minus the superstar price.
The “Third-Growth” tier of Grand Cru Classé Bordeaux is filled with estates producing top-tier wines at a fraction of First and Second Growth prices. Langoa-Barton often flies under the radar compared to its more famous neighbors—Léoville-Barton, Léoville-Poyferré, and Léoville-Las Cases—but in vintages like 2010, it more than holds its own.
Like many of our Grand Cru Classé offers, this is an Ex-Château acquisition, shipped directly from Langoa-Barton’s cellars. Provenance is pristine—each bottle in mint condition with impeccable fills. And at $99.00 per bottle on a 3-pack, it’s a price that is below the market value. The few other listings elsewhere come from secondary markets or auctions.
If you’ve been building a stash of 2010 Bordeaux in your cellar, consider yourself lucky—the wines are just entering their prime and have another 15–20 years ahead. For those looking to backfill a legendary vintage, this is a smart, time-tested play.
The 2010 Langoa-Barton delivers a textbook Saint-Julien structure. Many insiders and critics count it among the château’s best modern releases. We fully agree—our team revisited it just a few weeks ago after an hour in the decanter. It’s elegant, powerful, and absolutely singing. Vinous Media’s Bordeaux contributor, Neal Martin awarded it 95 points after tasting at a 10-Year retrospective tasting held at Farr Vinters in London, praising its “complex and involving bouquet”, and a palate that’s “velvety in texture” yet built for long aging.
95pts – Vinous Media
" ... 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." - Neal Martin, Feb. 2020
Country
France
Region
Bordeaux
Sub-Region
Saint-Julien
Blend
73% Cabernet Sauvignon, 17% Merlot, and 10% Cabernet Franc
Alcohol
13.0
OAK
60% New French
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