Château Langoa-Barton

45°09′28″N 0°44′24″W / 45.15782°N 0.74008°W / 45.15782; -0.74008Château Langoa-Barton (archaically named Pontet Langlois[1]) is a winery in the Saint-Julien appellation of the Bordeaux region of France.

[7] In 1940 the German authorities were in course of confiscating bottles as enemy property, but the process was halted by proof of the Irish nationality of the owner.

[11] This is designated AOC Moulis-Médoc and the 60 hectare property (55 under vine cultivation) was renamed Mauvesin Barton.

[14] Located in the center of the appellation along the banks of the Gironde river, Langoa-Barton has roughly 37 acres (15 ha) under vine.

Typical of the area, the soil composition of the vineyard is composed of a gravel topsoil over a clay sub-stratum.

[6] The direct connection between wine quality and investment in new oak casks periodically was much commented on by Anthony Barton in 1988 at a point when a decade of generally excellent vintages had allowed that to happen.

"[17] The efforts to improve the climate sustainability despite the recent hot summers in France have been successful.

"[18] On 15 January 1885, parcels of Château Langoa-Barton were sold (alongside others in the cellar) at the London auction house, having been part of the estate of James Cathcart, deceased.

"[19] A consignment of Château Langoa-Barton 1874 was shipped and delivered to Montreal in May 1888, having arrived ex Thomson Line SS Avlona, thus reflecting its North American connection.

[22] In 1972 H. Ronald Barton CBE went to the United States in order to open two of the three then still remaining bottles of Château Langoa-Barton 1887 vintage.

Though the cork crumbled, the tasting panel pronounced the colour pleasingly deep and the wine drinkable.