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Château Lagrange

St Julien Troisième Cru Classé 1855

The fortunes of Château Lagrange were revived with the purchase of the estate by Suntory in 1983. Before that, the 20th Century had been a difficult time for Lagrange. Some vineyard had had to be sold off (to Ducru-Beaucaillou and Gloria) and the reputation had slipped considerably.
Marcel Ducasse was employed to run the estate, and the new owners pumped in investment.



Marcel Ducasse has retired after the 2008 vintage and the succession has passed to his maitre du chai, Bruno Eynard. Change has been rapid, with a new building program and the cuverie with an extraordinary 92 vats of differing sizes corresponding to the different parcels by soil type and vine age. Climatic change has led them to question whether they need as much Petit Verdot as they have in the vineyard. In recent vintages it has been easy to ripen the Cabernet Sauvignon fully, and since they seek elegance, it would seem right to emphasise the Cabernet and leave out the Petit Verdot which is really there to boost the power.



Château Lagrange is quite a large estate, lying a little further inland than many of its St Julien rivals. There are still 115ha under vine, 65% Cabernet Sauvignon, 28% Merlot and 7% Petit Verdot for the red wine. Wines spend 20 months in wood (50%-60% new).



The second wine, produced since 1987, is Les Fiefs de Lagrange. A small amount of white wine, Les Arums de Lagrange, is produced too.



2001 FIEFS DE LAGRANGE du Château Lagrange Saint Julien Château Lagrange
2001 FIEFS DE LAGRANGE du Château Lagrange Saint Julien Château Lagrange
Left Bank Bordeaux France
A very super pair of wines from Lagrange this year. The Fiefs is sweet and restrained, not massive weight, but enough, very well-defined crisp dark red fruits, seamless, complete, delicious Saint Julien. Unlike 2000 they did sell some wine in bulk, so there is 30% less than last year. But there is probably more Fiefs de Lagrange than all the 'garagiste' wines put together, which makes it all the more impressive.
Unit price £30.95 bottles
Case price £28.75
2004 FIEFS DE LAGRANGE du Château Lagrange Saint Julien
2004 FIEFS DE LAGRANGE du Château Lagrange Saint Julien
Left Bank Bordeaux France
Crisp St Julien with ripe fruit and smooth tannins. This is very attractive and quite typical of the chateau, as well as being remarkably forward for the vintage. Drinking very well indeed. This delivers.
Unit price £32.75 bottles
Case price £30.25
2003 CHÂTEAU LAGRANGE 3ème Cru Classé Saint Julien
2003 CHÂTEAU LAGRANGE 3ème Cru Classé Saint Julien
Left Bank Bordeaux France
Unit price £47.75 bottles
Case price £42.50
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