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2015 Château Lagrange, St Julien, Bordeaux

  • Red
  • Dry
  • Full Bodied
  • Cabernet Sauvignon (75%),Merlot (15%),Petit Verdot (8%)
Ready - youthful
Jancis Robinson MW
16.5+/20
James Suckling
93-94/100
Lisa Perrotti-Brown MW
93/100
Steven Spurrier
92/100
Product: 20151012013
2015 Château Lagrange, St Julien, Bordeaux

Description

This is another tasty wine from a super estate, a perennial favourite of ours. Attractive on the nose, it is elegant and pretty, while the wine is generous and ripe. The fruit really is ripe and quite fully concentrated. Juicy black fruits dominate, with sweetness and a beautiful rounded mouth-feel. This is something for the short-term cellar, to be enjoyed five years from the vintage. 
Colour Red
Sweetness Dry
Vintage 2015
Maturity Ready - youthful
Grape List Cabernet Sauvignon (75%),Merlot (15%),Petit Verdot (8%)
Body Full Bodied
Producer Château Lagrange

Critics reviews

Jancis Robinson MW 16.5+/20
Lightly meat and two veg on the nose. Juicy - juicer than usual with the tannins well covered up by ripe fruit. Bone dry but not austere. Very correct even if not amazingly winning. Drink 2025-2039 jancis_robinson_mw - JancisRobinson.com - Apr 2016
Drink 2025 - 2039
Jancis Robinson MW, JancisRobinson.com (Apr 2016)
James Suckling 93-94/100
A tight and silky red with lovely blackberry and walnut shell character. Full body, firm and silky tannins and a long and flavorful finish. Gorgeous balance. Mostly merlot with a touch of cabernet franc. james_suckling - jamessuckling_com - Apr 2016
Drink 2025 - 2039
James Suckling, JamesSuckling.com (Apr 2016)
Lisa Perrotti-Brown MW 93/100
Medium to deep garnet-purple in color, the 2015 Lagrange gives up fragrant notes of chocolate-covered cherries, cassis and blackberry pie with touches of violets, forest floor, truffles and cigar box. Medium-bodied with plenty of intense black fruit and firm, grainy tannins, it has a racy line and long, mineral-laced finish.Lisa Perrotti-Brown - 21/02/2018
Drink 2025 - 2039
Lisa Perrotti-Brown MW, RobertParker.com (Feb 2018)
Steven Spurrier 92/100
Fleshy, spicy red and black fruits of good florality and grip, with balanced acidity and tannins. Shows the continued progress of this highly regarded estate. Drink: 2021-2034 Steven Spurrier - decanter.com - April 2016
Drink 2025 - 2039
Steven Spurrier, Decanter.com (Apr 2016)

About this wine

Cabernet Sauvignon

The most famous red wine grape in the world and one of the most widely planted.
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Chateau Lagrange

Château Lagrange was for many years perceived as a tired, underperforming St Julien château that was unworthy of its 3ème Cru Classé status. In 1983 it was purchased by the Japanese Suntory Group which set about renovating the vineyards and the winery. Lagrange rose to become a model estate and even today few Bordeaux properties can match Lagrange, with its huge barrique chais and its state of the art cuvier with its 56 temperature-controlled, stainless steel cuvées.
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