randson of Thomas, Hugh Barton developed the family affair and consolidated his fortune. In 1821 he purchased Château Langoa and in 1826 a share of the Léoville estate. Elsewhere in his native Ireland he built Straffan House which became the family home..

fter Hugh, three further generations succeeded as owners of the two vineyards but it was Ronald, born in London in 1902, who once again took an active part in the family interest in France. It was also he who held the vineyards together during the difficult period between the two world wars.

orn in Ireland in 1930 Anthony came to live in France in 1951. He was for many years export director in the family business in wich the Seagram Group had a majority share. In 1967 he started his own firm " Les Vins Fins Anthony Barton" and in 1983 he inherited the vineyards. Today, proud of his family's long attachment to the wine of bordeaux, he carries on the Barton tradition with the help of his daughter Lilian. Their mutual ambition is to improve wherever possible the wines of Langoa and Léoville Barton..

	n 1722, at the age of 27, Thomas Barton left his native Ireland and settled in Bordeaux, which was at the time a major commercial port on the Atlantic seabord. he founded a firm of wine merchants wich still bears his name.