France

Cabernet Sauvignon

Merlot

Petit Verdot

Ch. Lagrange

Chateau Lagrange 3eme Cru Classe Saint-Julien

Bordeaux

Saint-Julien

A 'shadow vintage' that gets overpowered by 2009 and 2010 in terms of its public image, the 2011 Lagrange remained austere and reserved for a good 6 or 7 years after bottling, but it has softened at this point and is beginning to fly. Real finesse, balance, deliicacy and St Julien signature, making your mouth water with its raspberry and loganberry fruits, softened by tobacco, cool ash and white pepper spice. 43% 1st wine, 60% new oak. Eric Boissenot consultant.

Inside Bordeaux

The 2011 Lagrange is a blend of 62% Cabernet Sauvignon, 32% Merlot, and 6% Petit Verdot. Deep garnet in color, it features scents of beef dripping, wood smoke, and tobacco over a core of prunes, dried figs, and damp soil. The medium-bodied palate delivers mineral-laced black fruit layers with a lively line and grainy tannins, finishing long and savory.

by Lisa Perrotti-Brown MW

WSET 3

Classically balanced St Julien, firm cassis and white peppers, enjoyable mid palate texture, slate textured tannins add grip and tension, successful in the vintage.

The 2023 Lagrange is deep garnet-purple in color. Notes of red cherries, cassis, and blueberry jump from the glass, followed by hints of  violets, graphite, and moss-covered tree bark with a touch of cloves. The medium-bodied palate is vibrant, with a lively line of acidity and ripe fine-grained tannins framing the delicate black and red fruit flavors, finishing with a savory lift.  The blend is 84% Cabernet Sauvignon and 16% Merlot, with pH 3.47.

Expert

Goes long on the savoury cassis bud and lemongrass sculpted minerality that captures 2021, leaning in to St Julien finesse. White pepper and fennel spice, good quality, careful and balanced rather than exuberant, with a hint of sweet fruit through the mid palate. Harvest September 27 through to October 12, with no Cabernet picked until October (a smart choice, as the weight of the berries reduced by 30% in the last week before picking because the weather got so much better). 35hl/h yield, 50% new oak. Eric Boissenot consultant. Mathieu Bordes director. An upscore since En Primeur (although this score already given at a separate vertical).

Plommer, bjørnebær, noe vanilje, solmodne kirsebær. 

Frisk og syrlige rødbærsfrukt. Ok konsentrasjon med ok lengde. Noe mer syrligere enn 2018.

Bx messe.

Solbær, plommer, solbærblad, blyant, lær, grønne urter og noko fat. Kjølig og intens frukt, god syre og eit fersk tanninpreg som treng tid.

Overraskende mørk, lyse blåbær, pene plommer. 

Ganske fløyel rødbærsfrukt, noe feminin stil. Veldig behagelig. 

Bx messe.

Nydelig og bløt med moderat fat. Smakte perfekt til grillet entrecôte. Mye vin for pengene.

Amatør

Made from 70% Cabernet Sauvignon, 24% Merlot, and 6% Petit Verdot, the 2016 Lagrange is deep garnet-purple in color. It explodes with bombastic notions of blueberry pie, blackcurrant cordial, and chocolate-covered cherries followed by touches of garrigue, fragrant earth, candied violets, and licorice. The medium to full-bodied palate is chock full of juicy black fruits with a velvety texture and great tension, finishing long and spicy.

The fruit flavours from the first moments are plump, rich, round, and clearly successful, majoring on blackberry and loganberry, if a little soft through the mid palate. Fine tannins, attractive mint leaf finish. The lowest percentage of Merlot to date, this is good quality and will be approachable soon. Overall a great vintage, despite the excellent summer being threatened by a huge September rainstorm where 97mm of rain fell in St Julien (compared to 120mm in St Estèphe and 180mm in the most northerly stretches of the Médoc). It meant that the team at Lagrange brought in 85ha of grapes in 5 days, the quickest time on record (although in total the harvest stretched from September 21 to October 12). 35% of production in the 1st wine, 60% new oak. Eric Boissenot consultant.

Made from 76% Cabernet Sauvignon, 18% Merlot, and 6% Petit Verdot, the 2014 Lagrange is deep garnet-purple in color. It rolls out with ready-to-go notes of preserved plums, dried mulberries, and mince pie plus wafts of fallen leaves and dried herbs. The medium-bodied palate is chewy and rugged, with just enough fruit and a firm finish.

The 2013 Lagrange is made from 75% Cabernet Sauvignon, 21% Merlot, and 4% Petit Verdot. Deep garnet in color, it gives up notes of stewed red and black plums and blackcurrant jelly leading to hints of dried Provence herbs, menthol, and crushed rocks. The medium-bodied palate is firm, grainy textured, and refreshing, with plenty of vibrant black fruits and an herbal lift on the finish.

A blend of 67% Cabernet Sauvignon, 30% Merlot, and 3% Petit Verdot, the 2012 Lagrange is deep garnet in color. It offers mature black fruit notes of dried mulberries and blackcurrant cordial plus suggestions of cigar box, red loam, and tree bark. The medium-bodied palate has lovely freshness and firm, chewy tannins, finishing a touch hard.

02.07.21

Før dekant:
Lukt: sjokolade, mørke bær, solbær, mørk kirsebær, tre lukt, vanilje, trøffel, gress, blyantspiss

Smak: Blast innslag og midtpart. Ingen markant overgang. solbær gjennom hele. Ettersmak av mørk sjokolade og blyantspiss. Litt skarpe taniner God munnfølelse.

Etter dekant. 1 time:
Lukt: solbær/vanilje , trøffel, litt simplere i lukt.

Smak: inngang av solbær overgang til paprika. Sitter lenge med solbær, paprika og vanilje i finish. Leskende, medium tanniner. Medium syre.

The 2009 Lagrange, 73% Cabernet Sauvignon and 27% Merlot, is deep garnet in color. It prances out with pretty suggestions of potpourri, forest floor, garrigue, and tilled loam over a core of creme de cassis and blackberry pie. The medium to full-bodied palate is chock full of gregarious black fruits supported by a solid frame of grainy tannins and oodles of freshness, finishing with great length.

Campfire, charcoal and sweet brioche notes, blackcurrant pasille, still plenty of tannins at 14 years old, with structure and architecture, mint leaf and bitter chocolate as it unrolls. It holds its nerve from start to finish, offering unwavering flavours and excellent persistency. Good quality, ready to drink but no need to hurry. An important year for Lagrange, where the new vat house had double the capacity of the previous one. Although not entirely finished until 2010, the technical parts were ready for the 2008 harvest, allowing for far more precise plot by plot picking, with 102 vats in the cellar for 103 plots in the vineyard, eliminating the need for a 3rd wine. A beautiful late harvest vintage also (after a cool summer), with picking beginning on October 6 through October 23. 40% of production went into the 1st wine, 60% new oak for ageing.

Ready to drink, lighter in frame than the 2005 and 2006 but the fruit is precise and finessed, and we are in the heart of St Julien here, with mouthwatering power and minerality. Cassis bud, liqourice root, a whisper away from fully ripe, but mouthwatering and moriesh. Harvest September 20 to October 13, making the most of the Indian summer, and allowing this high level of Cabernet Sauvignon. Mathieu Bordès first full vintage, 60% new oak. Eric Boissenot consultant.

Dark cassis and bilberry from the first moments, with the tone of the wine showing powerful concentrated fruits and firm tannins that remain imposing at 16 years. An excellent 2006, one for lovers of St Julien, and of savoury Médoc spices. A handover vintage in terms of the winemaking team, the last one fully under Marcel Ducasse with Mathieu Bordès arriving for the blending. Harvest Sptember 18 to October 5, 60% new oak for ageing. Eric Boissenot consultant.

Balanced, classic, fine tannins, stretched out through the palate, delicate and finessed. Not as powerful as some 2005s right now but one to recommend for opening and drinking. Rose petals, blond tobacco, freshly cured leather, wild strawberries, gentle hedgerow and earthy acidity. A lovely surprise, a lesson in understated, unfussy, elegant claret. More evolved than some, but this is where I feel good 2005s will end - a delightful fine, easy to drink and utterly moreish glass of wine. 60% new oak, 43% 1st wine. Eric Boissenot consultant.

Composed of 54% Cabernet Sauvignon, 36% Merlot, and 10% Petit Verdot, the 2004 Lagrange is deep garnet-brick in color. It rocks up with ready-for-business scents of blackcurrant cordial and redcurrant jelly followed by hints of graphite, leather, and fallen leaves. The light to medium-bodied palate has appealing freshness with loads of savory sparks, though it is a little thin on the mid-palate and finish.

The 2003 Lagrange is a blend of 57% Cabernet Sauvignon, 33% Merlot, and 10% Petit Verdot. Deep garnet-brick in color, it needs a little swirling before bursting out with scents of dried blackberries and plum preserves leading to suggestions of unsmoked cigars and forest floor. The medium-bodied palate has a sturdy frame of chewy tannins and plenty of freshness to support the muscular fruit, finishing savory.

A blend of 54% Cabernet Sauvignon, 33% Merlot, and 13% Petit Verdot, the 2002 Lagrange is deep garnet-brick in color. It bursts from the glass with open-knit scents of stewed red and black plums, sauteed herbs, and tobacco leaf plus wafts of dried bay leaves and crushed rocks. The medium-bodied palate delivers impressive tension with delicate black fruit and herbal layers, finishing with a lively lift.

The 2001 Lagrange is composed of 62% Cabernet Sauvignon, 27% Merlot, and 11% Petit Verdot. Deep garnet-brick in color, it slowly unfurls to reveal notions of Indian spices, cigar box, and dried mulberries plus suggestions of pencil shavings and dusty soil. The medium-bodied palate is a tad thin and chewy, delivering a pleasant savoriness on the finish.

The 2000 Lagrange, 76% Cabernet Sauvignon and 24% Merlot, is deep garnet-brick in color. It rolls out of the glass with expressive notions of Chinese five spice, tobacco leaf, and cast-iron pan followed by a core of prunes, fruitcake, and dried herbs. The medium-bodied palate delivers elegant, refreshing black fruit and spicy layers supported by soft tannins, finishing long and minerally.

2024	No priceNot available	Outstanding
2023	No priceNot available	Outstanding
2022	No priceNot available	Outstanding
2021	kr 789.00Not available	Excellent
2020	kr 799.90Available	Excellent

Category	Red wine
Vinmonopolet no.	14974801
Producer	Ch. Lagrange
Vintages	2011
Country	France, Bordeaux, Saint-Julien
Bottle	75 cl

Alcohol	13 %
Acid	5,7 %
Sugar	< 3 g/l

Packaging	Glass
Cork type	Naturkork
Selection	Uten utvalg
Wholesaler	Okav AS
Carrier	Skanlog AS