Chateau Lagrange 3. Cru Classé Saint-Julien 2019 i trækasse

"95 points. 2019 could be their best vintage yet!” - Jeff Leve

Med sine 118 hektar er Château Langrange det klart største slot i prestige-kommunen St-Julien. I dag er 3. Cru Classé-slottet anerkendt som et af de bedste i St-Julien, men der har været store bump på vejen. I 1950’erne udryddede en brand store dele af vinmarkerne og indtil at den japanske Suntory-gruppe købte slottet i 1983, var det mest af alt et historisk sted i forfald. 

Enorme pengesummer og winemaker ekspertise fra selveste Michel Delon (fra 2. Cru Classé Léoville-Las Cases) har de seneste årtier bragt slottet tilbage på rette hylde med fremragende vine og topratings i bunkevis.

Anmeldelser af Château Lagrange Saint-Julien 3. Cru Classé 2019

95-96/100 Bettane & Desseavue

95/100 Decanter
"Dark plum in colour, medium intensity, this is sleek, well-defined and has an extremely pure expression of cassis fruit. Just enormously elegant, with tons of St Julien balance, and fine tannins that are sure to take it through the next few decades with ease. I love this wine, one of the most enjoyable of the vintage in St Julien, with a strikingly seductive texture. Tasted twice two weeks apart, sure to become a standout with some bottle age. When you look at the figures (which I only did after tasting) you start to understand why this is so good - highest level of Cabernet in the estate's recent history, longest harvest ever through to October 14, and only 1/3 of overall production in the 1st wine, lowest amount to date. Whatever they are doing, they are getting it right."

95/100 Jeb Dunnuck
"While I don't think the 2019 Château Lagrange matches the 2018, it's not far off, with a more elegant yet still concentrated style. Beautiful crème de cassis, spicy oak, tobacco, chocolate, and new saddle leather notes all emerge on the nose, and it stays tight, compact, and focused on the palate, with plenty of firm tannins. It opens up beautifully with time in the glass but merits 4-6 years of bottle age, and it should evolve for 20-25 years or more."

95/100 Robert Parker
"The 2019 Lagrange has turned out beautifully in bottle, wafting from the glass with aromas of cherries, blackberries and cassis mingled with hints of loamy soil, pencil shavings and bay leaf. Medium to full-bodied, fleshy and enveloping, with an ample core of lively fruit, powdery tannins and succulent acids, it's suave and seamless, concluding with a long, expansive finish. The result of an extremely rigorous selection, and incorporating fully 80% Cabernet Sauvignon, this is the finest wine this château has produced in the modern era. Remarkably, it was released at the same price en primeur as the 2005!"

95/100 Vinous - Neal Martin
"The 2019 Lagrange, which was picked over the longest period ever, has a compelling bouquet of beautifully defined black fruit laced with cedar and light graphite notes. The palate is smooth, fresh and vibrant, with great depth, perfectly judged acidity and a brilliantly focused finish. Winemaker Mathieu Bordes has crafted the best Lagrange in recent years, a benchmark for the estate."

95/100 Jeff Leve, The Wine Ceallar Insider
” Medium-bodied, elegant and fresh, this is fabulous from the get go. The nose, with its display of cigar box, black currants and cedar is just great and the wine is even better on the palate with its display of soft-textured, vibrant, sweet, red fruits which show off their purity and freshness with ease. This is another gem showing much better in the bottle than it did in the barrel. They have really been on a roll here at Lagrange since 2015 and 2019 could be their best vintage yet!”

95/100 Jane Anson, Inside Bordeaux

95/100 Tastingbook.com

94-95/100 Vert de Vin
“The nose is fruity and offers richness, a beautiful racy power and a beautiful fine grain. It reveals notes of crushed wild cassis, fleshy wild blackberry, small notes of sichuan pepper associated with touches of fleshy wild strawberry, small crushed wild red berries, violet, lily as well as hints of violet plum, liquorice and chocolate. The palate is fruity, mineral, well-balanced and offers a beautiful definition, an acidulous fine frame, power and a beautiful suavity. On the palate this wine expresses notes of fleshy/juicy cassis, juicy raspberry, small notes of crushed blackberry associated with fine touches of crunchy/juicy red cherry, juicy/crunchy violet plum, violet as well as very fine hints of chocolate, vanilla and a very discreet hint of mild tobacco.”

93-95/100 Wine Enthusiast
“This full-bodied wine is open in style, with lashings of rich black fruits alongside dense tannins. This is a wine for some long-term aging.”

94/100 Alexandre Ma
"Lagrange 2019 comes out in an ascetic manner like always. The fruity nose is purely clear yet slightly implicit. The delicate fragrance of cherry and mixed berries flies out with a hint of cocoa powder after swirling the glass. The juicy entry is embraced by powerful tannins, but thanks to its densely creamy texture, I can't feel any heaviness but the outstanding balance from start to finish."

94/100 James Suckling
"Aromas of blackcurrants, sandalwood and rose petals. Medium-to full-bodied with linear tannins that are racy and refined, yet forceful. Fine tannins at the end. Best after 2024."

94/100 Antonio Galloni
"A deep, fleshy Saint-Julien, the 2019 Lagrange builds beautifully with time in the glass. Sweet red/purplish berry fruit, rose petal, sage, mint, lavender and cinnamon are finely delineated, and yet this mid-weight Saint-Julien impresses with its super finessed personality. The 2019 is so inviting. It is an especially fine Lagrange. Tasted two times."

94/100 Andreas Larsson, Tasted
"Bright inky purple colour. Youthful and nuanced nose offering fine oak, toast, cigar box, crème de cassis, black cherry and violet notes. Very good grip on the palate, ripe and unctuous fruit with grainy young tannin, dark chocolate shavings, fine spices and a well maintained freshness leading to a long and digest finish.”

94/100 Markus Del Monego MW

Château Lagrange 

Grand Vin: Château Lagrange, 3. Cru Classé (1855 Médoc & Graves)
Beliggenhed: St-Julien
2. Vin: Les Fiefs de Lagrange
Beplantet areal: 118 ha
Plantede druesorter: 67 % Cabernet Sauvignon, 28 % Merlot og 5 % Petit Verdot
Fadmodning: 21 mdr. 50 % ny barrique