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| | Vintage | 2016 |  Label 1 of 341 
 | | Type | Red | | Producer | Château Lagrange (St. Julien) (web) | | Variety | Red Bordeaux Blend | | Designation | n/a | | Vineyard | n/a | | Country | France | | Region | Bordeaux | | SubRegion | Médoc | | Appellation | St. Julien | | UPC Code(s) | 087000345638, 3277038393085, 3364420088992, 3419466196993, 3609050761892, 3760172711155, 3760172711162, 607921030194, 616773765727, 649185009202, 8626050161892, 987654321098 |
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| Community Tasting Notes (average 91.8 pts. and median of 92 pts. in 73 notes) - hiding notes with no text | | | Tasted by Slaz on 5/23/2024 & rated 94 points: Best showing since first tasting this vintage in 2020. Opened up very nicely after 3 hours of decanting, with much life and energy for the future still. Distinct iron notes, with plenty of balanced and floral fruit; great acidity. Layers of flavors. Long finish. (446 views) | | | Tasted by Swanywawa on 3/21/2024 & rated 93 points: This wine is dark purple in color. Decanted for an hour. Wet stone on the nose. Blackberry across the palate. As it finishes, it’s slate and hints of vanilla. Great acidity and tannins. It’ll be good for another decade. Later in the evening, a bit more character with added layers of herbs and stone. (3133 views) | | | Tasted by stayhappy21 on 3/8/2024 & rated 91 points: Tasted this at the Chateau Lagrange Wine Dinner with Mattieu Borders at Famous Treasure hosted by Infinite Supply.
A vibrant wine. Exciting and has lots of potential.
Consider to revisit in 10 years time. (3210 views) | | | Tasted by dfusina on 1/14/2024 & rated 91 points: Nice (4335 views) | | | Tasted by NMIZ on 1/14/2024 & rated 91 points: Deep purple. A very young despite 7 years have lapsed. Medium plus aroma intensity. Primary fruits - blackberries and red strawberries. Wet stone and mineral. Nice acidity. Good balance. Medium-full body. Good tannins. Layered. Good finish. Vanilla and buttery. 91+. (3894 views) | | | Tasted by apu on 1/13/2024 & rated 88 points: Deep garnet colour to the edges. Not powerful on the nose. Some dried fruit and earthiness. On the palate, dry, well balanced with solid acidity and smooth tannins. Nuances of dried fruit and cedar. Long finish with vanilla and cedar.
Great paring with beef tenderloin basted with herb butter. (3789 views) | | | Tasted by teto9843 on 12/7/2023 & rated 95 points: Nez: fruits rouges, vanillé un peu nez globalement discret.
Bouche: Fruit, fraicheur sur l'attaque 3/5, longueur 4/5, full bodied, belle souplesse on sent un grand potentiel, tannins encore très présent (trop), meilleur en potentiel que le 2010 et 2005. (4044 views) | | | Tasted by GuanYu on 8/3/2023 & rated 87 points: Dark ruby center with pink rim. Black fruits, wood and spices. I tasted it after 3 hours of opening (no decanting). By then, the wine had declined with fruits dissipated and wine becoming thin and sour. It was surprising since 2016 was a robust vintage. (5505 views) | | | Tasted by Wine W-eye-z on 6/18/2023: Deep, dark, ruby with purple hints . . . After an hour of decanting it developed into rich brooding plum, blackberry, . . quite a lot of fruit for it’s age. Also lots of developing tertiary flavors. Nice lengthy finish (5469 views) | | | Tasted by merlotsmile on 5/21/2023: Bordeaux 2023-05-21 (Château Lagrange): Dinner Chateau Lagrange (5573 views) | | | Tasted by tzelmer on 3/31/2023 & rated 92 points: Chateau Lagrange (St. Julien) visit with GM - dinner and tasting (Raleigh, NC): Bright ripe cherry. Nose a little closed at the moment. Big, rich palate, balanced and long. Bigger than other recent vintages. Great now, better in the future (92 heading to 94 in 10-15 years) (5855 views) | | | Tasted by Slaz on 2/17/2023 & rated 92 points: Lots of red berry notes + blood orange. Limited complexity yet. Hold. (5634 views) | | | Tasted by Ericsson on 11/18/2022 & rated 92 points: Ouvert et bu, il lui faut 45 minutes dans les verres pour se livrer.
Robe atramentaire, au nez fruits noirs, cassis, zan.
Au palais plutôt fin et digeste, équilibré malgré l’élevage encore présent, une saveur herbacée en fin de bouche, tanins souples, bonne longueur.
Il lui manque quelques années pour donner dans la nuance et la complexité. (5858 views) | | | Tasted by chatters on 11/5/2022: Decanter Fine Wine Encounter (The Landmark, London): blackcurrant, brambles, cedar, very very slight chocolate and caramel. Juicy, fruit sweet initially then more savoury with persistent tannic tug, all travel long, slight non-intrusive alcohol warmth on the finish. Balanced. Rather charming. difficult to spit. (5843 views) | | | Tasted by dhewko on 10/20/2022 & rated 95 points: WA 95 balanced and seductive with lush casis and blackberry fruits, tannins are finessed and sappy, (5851 views) | | | Tasted by wineforth on 8/23/2022 & rated 94 points: First bottle from a dozen half bottles bought en primeur. Based on a barrel sample at an en primeur tasting I also got bottles and magnums- the only time I have ever done this. I was impressed then and am happy to say that I'm not disappointed. Sous bois and bramble on the nose at first, then sweet blackcurrant, vanilla and cedar. Still lots of soft to medium weight tannins despite the warm weather. Long flavoursome finish. Drinking now if served a little too warm (I tend to drink younger wines in the summer for just this reason). Ideally leave a couple to four more years for peak drinking, but I will be tracking progress every year from now on. Lovely and great QPR. (6543 views) | | | Tasted by Costes76 on 7/8/2022 & rated 92 points: Clear deep ruby color. Clean pronounced aromas of blackberry, blackcurrant, black plum, vanilla, cedar, charred wood; developing. Dry, medium acidity, medium tannins, high alcohol, full body, palate follows through (lighter and more linear on entry than on nose), medium+ finish. Very good. Can drink now, potential for ageing. (5877 views) | | | Tasted by ggroebli on 4/16/2022 & rated 94 points: Couleur: Légère note violette
Nez: Homogène et dense, chaleur
Palais: Sublime équilibre, élégance, fruit noir, everything in the right place
Finale: légèrement râpeux, moyennement long (5974 views) | | | Tasted by NCWW on 2/3/2022: Tasted at a restaurant. Far too early but has some interesting potential. Needs 5 more years I would think. (6434 views) | | | Tasted by MarcelloW on 11/21/2021 & rated 93 points: Out of a small bottle. Still at least a couple of years away from drinking window. If you can’t wait to open a bottle, give it a couple of hours air in a decanter. 2016 is a beautiful, classy year and for me better than 2018 and 2019 which have a higher alcohol level. (6852 views) | | | Tasted by NEducatedGes on 9/13/2021 & rated 92 points: Too young but will be nice 2+ (7494 views) | | | Tasted by Slaz on 5/1/2021 & rated 92 points: Still young and tannic but highly promising with good minerality and earthiness after few hours of decanting. (8028 views) | | | Tasted by Shugs_Claret on 2/10/2021 & rated 90 points: Really good bones here. Raspberry notes dominate the nose and palate. The oak is still present in both. Tannins are supple. Overall, good balance and built for medium to long term cellaring. Excellent QPR. (8093 views) | | | Tasted by nzinkgraf on 9/19/2020: Very nice, red and black fruit,
Rainwater.
Medium plus body. (8736 views) | | | Tasted by whits on 8/21/2020 & rated 92 points: Decanted for a few hours and served with a healthy portion of rib-eye steak, opens up with aromatic scents of flowers, cedar and berry, focused acid brings freshness to the opulence, offers generous dark berry, clove, anise and currant flavors, very nice at this stage, will continue to evolve in the cellar for years (7914 views) | | | Only displaying the 25 most recent notes - click to see all notes for this wine... |
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| Château Lagrange (St. Julien) Producer website - Read more about Chateau LagrangeRed Bordeaux BlendRed Bordeaux is generally made from a blend of grapes. Permitted grapes are Cabernet Sauvignon, Cabernet Franc, Merlot, Petit Verdot, Malbec and rarely Carménère.Today Carménère is rarely used, with Château Clerc Milon, a fifth growth Bordeaux, being one of the few to still retain Carménère vines. As of July 2019, Bordeaux wineries authorized the use of four new red grapes to combat temperature increases in Bordeaux. These newly approved grapes are Marselan, Touriga Nacional, Castets, and Arinarnoa.
Wineries all over the world aspire to making wines in a Bordeaux style. In 1988, a group of American vintners formed The Meritage Association to identify wines made in this way. Although most Meritage wines come from California, there are members of the Meritage Association in 18 states and five other countries, including Argentina, Australia, Canada, Israel, and Mexico.France Vins de France (Office National Interprofessionnel des Vins ) | Pages Vins, Directory of French Winegrowers | French Wine (Wikipedia)
Wine Scholar Guild vintage ratings
2018 vintage: "marked by a wet spring, a superb summer and a good harvest"
2019 vintage reports
2021: "From a general standpoint, whether for white, rosé or red wines, 2021 is a year marked by quality in the Rhône Valley Vineyards. Structured, elegant, fresh and fruity will be the main keywords for this new vintage."
2022 harvest: idealwine.info | wine-searcher.comBordeaux Bordeaux Wine Guide
Vins Bordeaux (Conseil Interprofessionnel du Vin de Bordeaux)
History of Bordeaux
History of 1855 Bordeaux Classification
"2009 is all about ripeness, with wines impressively packed with ripe fruit and high alcohol levels. They are showy, in-your-face, and full of pleasure. The 2010s have the fruit and alcohol levels of the 2009s, but with a compelling freshness on the finish that balances the fruit and provides a perfect sense of structure." - Ben Nelson
"2016 is a landmark vintage in certain spots of Bordeaux and it should be remembered as one of the most inspired campaigns of the last 40-50+ years." -Jon Rimmerman
"The quality of red Bordeaux in 2016 was universally lauded – although the response to the en primeur campaign was muted. Quantity was high too, with the equivalent of 770 million bottles of wine produced. An exceptionally dry summer with cool nights eventually, thanks to mid September rain, resulted in small, thick-skinned, ripe grapes, and the wines are marked by high tannin and acidity, with superb aromatic fragrance." - Jancis Robinson
"2017 was complicated, but there are some excellent wines. Expect plenty of freshness and drinkability from wines that will offer excellent value, and others that will rival 2016 in terms of ripeness and ageability. But they are likely to be the exception not the rule, making careful selection key." - Jane Anson
"In the past, a vintage such as 2022 may have been overripe, raisined and low in acidity but 2022 had a sneaky little reservoir in its back pocket - a near perfect marriage of cool/cold/rain the previous winter and the previous vintage that literally soaked the soils (a key to why 2022 is not 2003...or 1893)." - Jon RimmermanMédoc Vins du Médoc (Conseil des Vins du Médoc) - Read More about the Medoc
VdB
The eight precisely defined appellations of the whole of the Médoc (from Blanquefort Brook to the north of the Bordeaux built-up area, almost to the Pointe de Grave) may claim the Médoc appellation. But there is also a specific territory in the north of the peninsula which produces exclusively wines with this appellation. In the great majority, the Médocs come from the north of the peninsula. The great individuality of this region is that the number of vines has increased more recently here than elsewhere, apart from a few isolated spots where vines have grown for many years. Today, the size of the small estate has brought about the development of a powerful co-operative movement. Four co-operatives out of five belong to the group called Unimédoc which ensures aging, bottling and marketing a large proportion of their wines.St. Julien VdB
Read more detailed information on St. Julien and its wines The seventeenth century pioneers Traces are to be found of a Saint-Julien de Rintrac, perhaps Saint-Julien's earliest name, as from the thirteenth century. But we have to wait until the seventeenth century pioneers, urban and rural aristocrats, discover the exceptional merits of these terroirs.
Traces of this system still exist today in the structure of estates within the appellation: by the side of the two villages of Beychevelle and Saint-Julien, the large estates are heavily preponderant, representing more than four fifths of the total surface of vineyards.
The terrain is practically identical over all the commune. Only the proximity of the estuary, sometimes close, sometimes further away, can cause slight variations in climate. In fact, Saint-Julien-Beychevelle's layer of gravel takes the form of a huge rectangle over 3 miles long and 2 miles wide. And the alluvial deposits are particularly well fragmented into ridges of Garonne gravel of the early Quaternary. Accordingly, the vines are safeguarded from stagnant water.
The wines from the Saint-Julien appellation may be recognized by their unparalleled bouquet, particularly harmonious and mild. They have a fine deep colour and combine the finesse of their aromas and a solid constitution. They have body, are very rich in flavour and have a delicious and delicate bouquet.
Production conditions (Decree dated November 14, 1936)
In order to have the right to the Saint-Julien appellation of controlled origin, red wines must:
- come from the commune of Saint-Julien and from precisely defined parcels in the communes of Cussac, and Saint-Laurent, "excluding the parcels situated on recent alluvium and sand on impermeable subsoils",
- satisfy precise production conditions: grape-varieties (Cabernet-Sauvignon, Cabernet-Franc, Carmenère, Merlot Noir, Petit Verdot, Cot or Malbec), minimum of sugar (178 grammes - 6.27 oz. - per litre of must) degree (an acquired 10°5) base yield (45 hectolitres per hectare). |
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