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| Drinking window: Drink between 2029 and 2040 (based on 3 user opinions) |
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| Community Tasting Notes (average 92.3 pts. and median of 93 pts. in 13 notes) - hiding notes with no text | | | Tasted by Jeff Leve on 3/9/2024 & rated 92 points: The nose, with its tobacco, herbs, flowers, red currants, cedar and spice pops with little effort. On the palate, the wine is medium-bodied, crisp, chewy and loaded with savory-tinted red fruits with ample, sweetness to the soft, supple, cherries in the finish. The wine is a blend of 84% Cabernet Sauvignon, 14% Merlot and 2% Petit Verdot. It is interesting to note that this is the highest percentage of Cabernet used in the blend in the history of the estate. Drink from 2025-2045. (590 views) | | | Tasted by "Rhône Rider" on 3/4/2024 & rated 93 points: Blåbær, solbær, grafitt, tobakk. Samme I munn, parfymert. Medium kons, meget lang. Bra balansert til 21. 93 (321 views) | | | Tasted by FransS on 3/4/2024 & rated 91 points: UGCB tasting-Amsterdam 2021 Bordeaux 03-04-2024: As with Beychevelle, this wine has its 'point fort' in the second past of the taste experience with smooth bitters and tannins in the aftertaste, and also the juicy midtaste shows more ripeness than usual in this vintage; only the bouquet gives a modest impression (some ripe red fruit). (332 views) | | | Tasted by Zweder on 3/4/2024 & rated 93 points: UGCB Amsterdam, walkaround tasting so just short notes.: Beautiful juice, ripe dark berries, good acidity and well dosed oak. Good length. Beautiful wine. 92 – 93 (383 views) | | | Tasted by vvWine.ch on 3/1/2024 & rated 93 points: Mittelkräftiges Rubinrot. Der Duft ist delikat, floral, ein Hauch Tabak, Kräuter, rote und dunkle Beeren, verspielt. Im Gaumen schlank, saftige Frucht, ungemein knackig und tänzerisch leicht, die Tannine sind nicht überbordend, machen sich im hinteren Gaumen bemerkbar, stützen zusammen mit der Säure die Frucht. Langanhaltend im Abgang, hat Finesse. 2025-2040+ (Verkostet im November 2023 in Zürich bei UGCB) (348 views) | | | Tasted by englishman's claret on 1/26/2024 & rated 93 points: Black and red berries dominate the pencil-inflected nose, which is very complete for 2021. Good grip in the mouth. A little light on its feet (which seems a general characteristic of the vintage) but it comes across as nimble rather than hollow. Finishes well. 84% CS - the highest until the 2022 came along.
92-93 points (1098 views) | | | Tasted by ohne_musik on 1/25/2024: UGCB SF Tasting Event (Metreon, San Francisco): No real notes other than meh. 88 (565 views) | | | Tasted by KeithAkers on 1/24/2024 & rated 91 points: UGC 2021 Bordeaux (Vibiana, Los Angeles, CA): This is a lovely and upfront Lagrange with a pretty, red-fruit core filled with red cherries, red currants, rose petals, red berries, raspberries, cedar notes, cigarette ashes, and some spice box tones. There is good depth with a seamless quality that is really attractive. The Medium bodied feel is well balanced and lovely with crisp, medium acidity and silky, medium tannins. This is a friendly and lovely wine that shows off a friendlier side of the grape and region. (570 views) | | | Tasted by Burgundy Al on 1/23/2024 & rated 90 points: UGC Bordeaux (Drake Hotel - Chicago IL): Walkaround tasting with the producers. Open knit with good depth and approachable black fruits, subtle spices in background. Fun young. (459 views) | | | Tasted by Dr.Cork on 1/20/2024 & rated 93 points: UGCB Millésime 2021 (Montréal, QC, Canada): Dégusté avec Mathieu Bordes.
Beaucoup de précision avec la nouvelle tonnellerie: 100 Ha de vignes, 100 cuves !
Du fruit, encore du fruit, avec une touche de graphite, fleurs, épices. Tannins assez soyeux. Bâtit pour le long-terme, mais sûrement facile d'approche après 4-6 ans. (606 views) | | | Tasted by vvWine.ch on 6/22/2022 & rated 93 points: (92-94 vvPunkte) Mittelkräftiges Rubinrot. Der Duft ist delikat, floral, ein Hauch Tabak, Kräuter, rote und dunkle Beeren, verspielt. Im Gaumen schlank, saftige Frucht, ungemein knackig und tänzerisch leicht, die Tannine sind nicht überbordend, machen sich im hinteren Gaumen bemerkbar, stützen zusammen mit der Säure die Frucht. Langanhaltend im Abgang, hat Finesse. 2025-2040+ (Verkostet "En Primeur" im April 2022. Vintex/UGCB) vvWine.ch (3813 views) | | | Tasted by Jeff Leve on 5/20/2022 & rated 92 points: Blackberries, cedar, tobacco, spice and savory herbs on the nose bring you to a soft-textured, supple, round, forward, classical wine with a creamy-textured, dusty, peppery, crunchy, red currant-packed finish. The wine is a blend of 84% Cabernet Sauvignon and 16% Merlot. It is interesting to note that this is the highest percentage of Cabernet used in the blend in the history of the estate. 13% ABV. Yields were low at only 30 hectoliters per hectare. Drink from 2025-2045. 91-93 (2258 views) |
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Vinous, 2021 Bordeaux: L’Enfant Terrible (Feb 2024) (2/1/2024)
(Lagrange (Saint-Julien) Lagrange Red) Subscribe to see review text. | By Chris Kissack
Winedoctor, January 2024 (1/1/2024)
(Château Lagrange St Julien Red) Subscribe to see review text. | By Tom Parker MW
JancisRobinson.com (11/8/2023)
(Ch Lagrange St-Julien Red) Subscribe to see review text. | By Jeb Dunnuck
JebDunnuck.com, 2021 Bordeaux: A Challenging Yet Good Vintage (6/2/2022)
(Chateau Lagrange) Login and sign up and see review text. | By James Suckling
JamesSuckling.com (5/17/2022)
(Château Lagrange St.-Julien , France) Subscribe to see review text. | By Antonio Galloni
Vinous, 2021 Bordeaux En Primeur: Back to Classicism (May 2022) (5/1/2022)
(Lagrange (saint-julien) Lagrange Red) Subscribe to see review text. | By Neal Martin
Vinous, Enticingly Fallible: Bordeaux 2021 En Primeur (May 2022) (5/1/2022)
(Lagrange (saint-julien) Lagrange Red) Subscribe to see review text. | By James Lawther MW
JancisRobinson.com (4/22/2022)
(Ch Lagrange St-Julien Red) Subscribe to see review text. | By Georgina Hindle
Decanter, Bordeaux En Primeur 2021 (4/1/2022)
(Château Lagrange, St-Julien, Bordeaux, France, Red) Subscribe to see review text. | By Chris Kissack
Winedoctor, April 2022 (4/1/2022)
(Château Lagrange St Julien Red) Subscribe to see review text. | By Neal Martin
Vinous, 2+2=5: Bordeaux 2021 In Bottle (Feb 2024)
(Lagrange (Saint-Julien) Lagrange Red) Subscribe to see review text. |
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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
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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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