Chateau Langoa Barton Saint-Julien AOC 2016

The history of the Irish Barton family in Bordeaux began in 1722 when Thomas Barton from the town of Kerrygmore settled in Bordeaux and founded a successful and profitable wine trading company. His grandson Hugh Barton — a prominent figure in Bordeaux — co-founded the company "Barton & Guestier" with Daniel Guestier, which still exists today and is one of the most renowned and long-standing business ventures in France. In the early 19th century, specifically in 1821, Hugh acquired Chateau Langoa-Barton for the family business, which was then called Ponte-Langlois, and later became part of the great Chateau Léoville, which was fragmented after the Marquis de la Casa fled abroad. Thus, Chateau Léoville Barton was born. However, at that time, there was neither a significant castle nor cellars on this site, so Hugh Barton used the cellars of Langoa-Barton to produce his wines. According to the 1855 classification, the Chateau was assigned the status of Second Cru (deuxieme cru). The current owner of the Chateau, Ethony Barton, arrived from Ireland in 1986 and took over the management of the Chateau with the noble goal of maintaining the high quality of Langoa-Barton and Léoville Barton wines, continuing their production in the classic Saint-Julien style at a reasonable price. Today, winemaking is still carried out in the cellars of Chateau Langoa-Barton. Fermentation is conducted in wooden vats with temperature control. For aging the wine for 20 months, oak barrels are used, 50% of which are renewed each year. Before bottling, the wine is filtered.