Interview with Chris Carpenter - Winemaker at Hickinbotham
Last week Langton’s wine brokers tasted the spectacular 2016 Hickinbotham Clarendon Vineyard reds with Napa Valley ‘flying winemaker’ Chris Carpenter and his McLaren Vale based colleague, Australian Peter Fraser. More
Friday, July 20, 2018
Week in Review 14-07-18
This week we also released two new vintages from Chris Ringland — the 2013 Dimchurch and the 2009 Hoffmann. We released a selection of mixed cases including a Tasmanian Pinot mix, an interstate Riesling mix and a value McLaren Vale Shiraz mix. We also released a 2004 museum collection and, when that sold out, we released a small number of 2005 museum cases. The aged wine love didn't end there, as we also took a look at the Classified 'Outstanding' 2001 1860 Vines Shiraz from Tahbilk. Seventeen years of bottle-age, and with plenty of time to develop, this right on point to drink now. More
Saturday, July 14, 2018
Win an Exceptional Cellar
You could win an Exceptional cellar worth more than $10,000 when you purchase wines online, at auction or your through your Wine Broker. More
Wednesday, July 11, 2018
Week in Review 07-07-18
The Limestone Ridge Shiraz Cabernet from Lindeman’s is always a received very warmly at Langton’s. If it’s classic Australians you like, the Wallace Shiraz Grenache 2014 from Glaetzer is available at price point you’ll love. The Journey Yarra Valley Pinot Noir 2016 garnered similar praise around quality and value. In the rarefied air, north of three figures, we added to our Brunello di Montalcino portfolio with the brilliant latest releases from Casanova di Neri. Highly We also released a three-vintage vertical of the Clarendon Hills Astralis with the 2005, 2006 and 2008 each receiving headline review and scores from Robert Parker and, his successor as Wine Advocate editor in chief, Lisa Perrotti-Brown MW. More
Saturday, July 7, 2018
Experience Improvements Update
We are always looking for ways to improve our service and your Langton’s experience. We’re pleased to announce the following enhancements to our vendor payments and our delivery service. More
Tuesday, July 3, 2018
Week in Review 30-06-18
This week we looked a great range of wines including RunRig Shiraz 2015 and The Sporran Shiraz 2015 from Torbreck, the Block 5 Shiraz 2016 from The Lane and our portfolio of wine from Zuccardi leading with the Concreto Malbec 2016. The RunRig is one of Australia's modern classics and, as a Classified wine, is an eligible purchase for our competition in which you could WIN an Exceptional wine cellar! The prize, worth more than $10,000 includes one of each of the 21 Exceptional wines in the top tier of Langton’s Classification VI, a Vintec Dual-Zone Cooling Cabinet and two VIP passes to a Classification event of your choice in September 2018. More
Saturday, June 30, 2018
Interview with Frederique Perrin - Winemaker at Cape Mentelle
Today we speak to Frédérique Perrin, Cape Mentelle Winemaker, to mark the release of her first vintage – 2015 – of the Langton’s Classified Cape Mentelle Cabernet Sauvignon. More
Thursday, June 28, 2018
New Record Auction Price For 1951 Grange
Penfolds Grange 1951 has set a new record auction price of $78,000 for a single (750ml) bottle of Australian wine. The previous record.of $59,416, was set in December last year. More
Wednesday, June 27, 2018
Week in Review 23-06-18
We’ve also shown some Classified wines including the latest Old Bastard Shiraz from Kaesler, Keyneton Euphonium from Henschke and the Leonay from Leo Buring. We also took a look at Langhe with a keenly priced mix six-pack of Nebbiolo wines from the region and back in the new world, we looked at the latest Martinborough Pinot Noir from Ata Rangi. More
Saturday, June 23, 2018
Week in Review 16-06-18
Made from fruit produced from vines coming up on a half-century, Lindeman’s St George Vineyard Cabernet Sauvignon 2014 has secured a 97-point rating from James Halliday. On Tuesday we took a look at the 2016 vintage of our best selling premium Pinot. Rockburn Pinot Noir, an accessible Pinot is definitively Central Otago from ex-Felton Road winemaker Malcolm Rees-Francis. This week, we also got to taste the latest Cape Mentelle Cabernet Sauvignon 2015, Classified Outstanding, and the brilliant 2018 vintage releases from Rieslingfreak. More
Saturday, June 16, 2018
Week in Review 09-06-18
It was a week for France’s Grand Dames, as well as homegrown icons gaining aristocratic new world reputations this week. Representing the new world is Vasse Felix’s flagship Heytesbury Chardonnay. From new world to old, this week saw two exciting features in the form of a top-up allocation of a Premier Cru Burgundy – the Domaine Faiveley Mercurey Clos de Myglands 1er Cru Monopole 2015 going for an astonishing $55, and the 2000 Chateau Latour drinking beautifully at this very moment. All this in a week that also featured a sellout Langton’s winterwarmer Shiraz, a unique red from Etna, and more. More
Saturday, June 9, 2018
Week in Review 02-06-18
Many a marriage of quality and value this week. For Moss Wood’s flagship 2015 Cabernet Sauvignon, Ray Jordan’s recent score of 98 points in the West Australian underscored what legions already knew about Australia’s ‘Most Collected Cabernet’. This week also saw the initial tasting and release of Nga Waka’s 2016 Estate Pinot Noir - a 95 point score from Bob Campbell and drinking beautifully now. Though the demand, in some cases, exceeded our supply stocks of some others such as Pierro Chardonnay, remain for the keen-eyed and quick-fingered to snap up. More
Saturday, June 2, 2018
Week in Review 26-05-18
Quality and value at every price-point this week, whether it’s more than $2000 for three bottles of 100-point Penfolds Grange or a mere $35 per bottle (in sixes) for the super-smooth 2013 Lindemans Pyrus – that’s half-price, by the way. And there’s more in the form of Chardonnays from Margaret River (Devil’s Lair) and the Yarra Valley (Oakridge), the two regions that vie for Australian Chardonnay supremacy, and a delicious (not to mention affordable) new-vintage Barossa Shiraz from our friends at Hare’s Chase – Ironscraper 2016, of course. More
Saturday, May 26, 2018
Taste Preferences
We’re always striving to improve your Langton’s experience. Let us know your preferences and we can do better to make sure you never miss out on the wines, events, releases, and more that you love best. Just fill in some simple tick-boxes - it should take less than two minutes. More
Friday, May 25, 2018
Week in Review 19-05-18
This week we celebrated World Whisky Day (yesterday) with a Scotch masterclass lead by Glenlivet Master Distiller Alan Winchester. We also released the latest Shaw + Smith M3 Chardonnay 2016, we were delighted with the 96 point score for Pikes Traditionale Riesling 2017 and we offered a Best of the West dozen with three bottles each of four highly-rated Margaret River Cabernets. More
Saturday, May 19, 2018
