Good wine, but typical for a 2001 Bdx it is fresh and pure, but the palate can't match the quality of the impressions in the nose. Very light weighted. On day 1 it was even a bit sour, acid was too strong. On day 2 the wine improved, the acid went into the background but still no pressure on the palate, no volume. Very green and light. 91 pts for the beautiful nose. (88 for the palate and the slightly drying tannins at the end).
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Beautiful and rustic bouquet with autumn impressions and some barnyard and graphite in the bouquet as well as the taste. Beautiful acidity and still slightly sticky tannin. Fully mature now and the wine will probably stay on this level for several years if stored properly. Pity this was my last bottle.
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This was in its perfect drinking window and really hit the spot! Classic left bank flavours of cassis, hint of tobacco, graphite and a lovely savoury finish. Delicious and my favourite wine of the night vs the 2004 branaire ducru (product of a tougher vintage) and 2005 beychevelle (excellent intensity but the Lagrange was more ready to drink and refined as a result). Excellent stuff.
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Monthly tasting - Cabernet Sauvignon / Blends (JM (SL)): Tasted blind. Dark fruits with a pronounced earth note. Silky texture on entry before some surprisingly potent tannins lock on in the midpalate, tight orb of blackcurrant, graphite and kirsch. [SL]
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Sad to say this is my last bottle, because it has so much more to give. Classic Bordeaux, with all the pencil shaving, cassis and a splash of kirsch. Mid-weight, retaining enough structure to balance the fruit, and an expansive, long finish reinforce the classic descriptor. This is the Bordeaux I fell in love with from vintages in the 1980s, and it’s how I have wanted to experience the wines.
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Writing from memory. About a 2 hour decant. Deep garnet with a good amount of brown. On the nose, dried cherry, fig, licorice, leather. On the palate, smooth acidity, medium+ body, insanely fine tannin that only reveals itself on the finish. Layers of fig, cherry, blueberry, leather, etc that has all integrated into one complex and perplexing flavor. Medium+ finish. My first grand cru bdx and it didn't disappoint. Not a great vintage so I'm sure Lagrange has better wines. Also probably would have been better ~5 years ago but is still drinking just fine.
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Nose quite complex and tertiary. Fall leaves, wet tobacco, leather, maybe could be convinced of graphite, maybe even some fig. Drying and decaying red fruits. Palate is another story. Still quite young and bright. Balanced acid with bright red fruits, crushed gravel, slightly chalky. Maybe some tobacco too. Tannins are pretty much resolved. Finish starts to show a little tannin but very well integrated and subtle. Otherwise mimics the palate with the gravelly, chalky rock character.
Drink now, at peak for me. If not, within 5 years. Nose shows the age but the palate is still young.
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Dark Purple, some brown highlights. Black Fruits, Leather, Meat, Cigar Box. Medium Alcohol, Medium Body, Complex, very well structured, Minerality, Strong, beautiful balanced Tannins, Long Finish.
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Solid mature bdx for bdx lovers. Expressive nose of tobacco leaf mixed with black fruits and cedar. Palate is quite fine, narrow and acidic. Tannins are rather mild at this point. Finish a bit dry and austere, with the fruit in the background. Mid-weight bdx that seems mature. Drink well now, no reason to wait.
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Another great performance from the estate and definitely the wine has evolved and improved a lot in the 3 years since we tried it last ( Papies 91) Classic in many ways and with the quality that comes from this estate in good vintages. Soft secondary feel yet with a lot of bright fruit notes. Some leather, light cedar and a juiciness that’s comes from its St Julien terroir. Solid 93 and pls decant this as it needs its time
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This wine was the beginning of a nice trio of a Left bank 2001 lineup. I must say that each wine was just as pleasurable as the last and on its own, each would have scored slightly better. Drinking before a 2001 Pichon Baron and a 2001 Latour, this wine set the stage with its vibrant mature nature and the marriage of freshness and decaying fruit. Lovely clay filled bordeaux that just lacked the length to be hanging with the big boys, but the charm brought it close. DRINK
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OK - this wine tastes fresh and mature all at the same time... so good! Right out of the bottle. Big nose of Blackcurrant, leaps out of the glass... fruit is muted, but the acid keeps it alive, and carry's the lingering finish. Starts light on the palate, but the flavor deepens and really commands your attention. After an hour in the glass, the spice comes shining through... ** Day 2 floral and harmonious - yum.
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Into my 2nd case. Bit of barnyard on the nose. Muted aromatics. Still very tannic, with subdued fruit, feeling thin in the mouth. Lacking flesh and richness. Not sure this will improve.
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Improved but still quite young in the nose. Young colour, fruit, very tannic, needs air, I gave an hour. Gets smoother, however to a certain extent only. Storage will be awarded in 5+ years.
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PWS; Australia and some extra's (@ My place): Complex and mature bouquet with toast and rustic impressions as well as red berries. On the palate toast, leather, bell pepper, some barnyard, juicy acidity and tannin with still enough power for several years. With more air time it showed more finesse and complexity. Overall a beautiful and elegant Bordeaux. What to do with my last bottle? I’ll probably wait until the early 2020’s.
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Hélas, le bouchon a marqué la bouteille, certes légèrement, mais suffisamment pour en empêcher une dégustation sereine. Vraiment dommage, car le vin avait l'air de toute beauté, très ouvert et plein d'énergie, sur son plateau.
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Dinner at the Papies (The Papies, Elizabeth St, London): Played the role of cellar defender so was decanted and served. On the young side still and will benefit from some more cellaring but still a very solid wine as with all Lagranges from good vintages. Dark fruit, light pepper, still very much primary and shows very little secondary feel. Keep to the beautiful 1996 for now and drink this 2001 in 3-4 years! 91 for now
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13% alcohol. The good long dense cork is penetrated a quarter of the way, with one much deeper inroad. Decanted for an hour. The colour is very deep with hardly any sign of evolution. Deep mature nose with pure fruit (blackcurrant mostly) harmoniously flavoured by quality oak. The mouth is just as good, showing balance and energy, with excellent acidity in the finish. Fully resolved tannins are there only through the sense of grip that they impart. This is nearly opulent enough to pass for a Pauillac, while retaining all the elegance of St Julien. A perfect companion to our leg of lamb (is there a better combination out there ?). This is ready to drink, but there is certainly no rush to do so. A great success, and a repeat purchase.
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Enjoyed over 3 hours after opening. Aromas and flavors of lightly roasted coffee bean, graphite, pencil shavings, worn leather and black fruit skins dominate the profile with good integration. Medium bodied, medium acid, with noticeable dry, dusty tannins. Shorter, dry finish seems to be the biggest shortcoming of this wine. Paired well with filet. Typical 'Left Bank' Bordeaux stylings. Enjoyable, not amazing. Satisfies the itch for a typical, aged, slightly above average Bordeaux.
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Some green paprika on the nose, cherry, starting still a little tannic and restrained, light to midbodied, lacking fruit and complexity, tart, more aeration is not changing a lot, ending a little harsh and unpleasant, this bottle leaves me a little helpless, *
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against a half bottle of Saffredi 2011, seemed funny as both tasted the same age. A lang +4 hours decant to assess this wine. Short on the palate an experience also made with 1986. Not a bad wine though, however below 90p. Possibly this need a couple of year in the cellar, will cjheck that out with my last bottle.
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I bought and drank a few bottles of this wine ages ago, in about 2006, so I was really excited to see where it had gone in the last decade. It's certainly better now, less tannic and more aromatic. Upon popping the cork, it had a really nice earthy fruitiness but that faded rather quickly. The nose then became dominated with oak, red fruit, and cigar. Over the hours we drank it, a lot of cedar and rolled tobacco emerged. The palate was mostly fruit, cigar, and cedar, smooth and enjoyable with tannins that faded considerably over 8 hours of drinking. Based on my experience with the wine, it's hard for me to say if it was better 5 years ago than today or will be better in 5 years. Perhaps it is in a good place now.
I enjoyed this wine, but I was hoping for a bit more X-factor. I've had a number of $30 and $40 second wines of famous Chateau (eg. Alter Ego from Palmer and Tourelles de Longueville from Pichon Baron, both from 2001). While this wine wasn't that much more expensive, I feel like it should deliver more as a Grand Cru Classe 3rd Growth than a second wine or a Cru Bourgeois. My experience with this wine made me agree with notes from Neal Martin and Robert Parker that called Lagrange a sturdy, reliable St. Julien but not an inspiring one. I do feel that the 1989 and particularly the 1990 were really a notch up for Lagrange, but the 1986, 1995, 1996, 2000, and 2003 definitely fit the sturdy but not inspiring description. I'll be serving the 1995 and 2003 at my wedding, and I think that they are have QPR because I got lucky and found them for $45 a bottle. I'm not sure the wines are worth the normal $75-$90 price tag.
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62 % Cabernet-Sauvignon, 27 % Merlot, 11 % Petit Verdot
Robe : rubis orangée. brillante avec de fines larmes Nez : on est sur la finesse, sur le cassis, le cèdre, le cirage blond En bouche : on est également sur la finesse, les tanins sont fondus. C'est un vin en demi-corps avec une belle acidité qui apporte de la fraîcheur. Le vin présente une belle longueur en bouche. Très bien.
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This is exactly what I look for in Bodeaux, well defined and statuesque, enough fruit, but only just enough, tannins that frame the wine and maybe even stick out a bit, and a long, lingering finish of fruit, cedar and smoke. I wish I had bought two cases, so that I could follow the wine over the next 10-15 years.
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For ung og for lidt dekantering. Tanniner markante og vinen fremstod samtidig som lidt tynd i det. Duften var dog fantastisk med klassisk venstrebreds cigarbox og mørke bær.
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Color: dark Nose: cigar box, blackberry Palate: lovely st Julien, but still has plucky tannins, decanted for only 30minutes, would have benefited from a longer decant 91
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Very enjoyable and at the moment, better than the 00. Cigar box and blackcurrant aromas, then the usual slightly spicy blackcurrant and cherry flavours, with good grip and structure. Just lacks that mid-palate sparkle of the great vintages, otherwise excellent.
P&P but needing four hours plus in a decanter to start singing. Served at 13C. Dark crimson colour but mature appearance on the nose with aromas of pencil, rotten roses, four-squared mint, earth and mushrooms. Very Paulliac-like rather than a truly Saint Julien. On the palate showed dry and short. Good at its best. For this useful vintage a honest, very dry and attractive St.Julien bottle. In my view this needed extra cellaring. Tried to match it with a leg of young lamb for lunch. Consumed during the evening. I am a patient man.
Abierta y servida pero necesitando más de cuatro horas en un decantador para empezar a brillar. Servido a 13C. De color carmesí oscuro, pero con una apariencia madura en nariz con aromas de lápiz, rosas podridas, menta vulgar, tierra y setas. Muy Pauilliac en lugar de ser una verdadera Saint Julien. En boca se mostró seca y corta. Solamente buena en su mejor momento. Para esta añada útil una botella St Julien honesta, muy seca y atractiva. En mi opinión, esto requiere de una guarda extra. Traté de maridarla con una pierna de ternasco aragonés al horno para el almuerzo. Consumida durante la tarde-noche. Soy un hombre paciente.
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Consistent notes to prior bottle. 2-hour decant seemed right though also approachable earlier. I'm less convinced than previously that this wine will improve significantly beyond here, though it's certainly not declining.
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souper avec Gaël et plusieurs à l'Os Une belle rondeur, c'est fruité et bien équilibré, impeccable! J'étais sur un St Julien 2000. Il fut préféré par tous au Fort de Latour 2001, pour 25% du prix...90 pts
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Really tasty and high class. Nose is all tobacco leafy and cedary and pencil shavingly good. Palate has deep minerality and leather-driven flavors and ample acids and even more tannins. Drinking well now with steak but not going nowhere neither.
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Drinking very well now -- a lovely St Julien. Compared to the 2005 which we had the same day, less concentrated -- a light wine, but with good length and complexity. Delicious black fruit (blueberries?), minerals, good acidity, tannins softening. Very nice now, interesting to see how it will develop over 5-10 years.
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The first bottle I opened had a over the hill nose but still pleasant to drink. Opened another and it was totally different and had a vitality that the first bottle did not have.
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solid St. Julien claret. Dark fruit mainly cassis with nose of graphite and passing barnyard. Nice silky tannin and in great balance with the acid. pleasant finish.
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Weekly tasting group #106; A mixed set of red wines. (@ My place): Beautiful bouquet with barnyard, cassis, oak, cedar and cigar box. Same on the palate; still juicy cassis and other dark forest fruits, good acidity and a bit drying tannin and bitterness. A very complete wine. Ready now and with some future. Next bottle in 2016.
Opened with pronounced oaky scents and flavors, but these dissipated after an hour of airtime. Once the oak died down, it revealed a classic mid-weight claret profile. Leathery, earthy, and herbaceous, with tannins well integrated, ample acidity, but with the fruit tasting a little flat and a bit astringent on the finish. A very good QPR BDX that built for the dinner table.
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Less developed than last bottle and quite different to my previous note. Dark, structured, relatively high acid with a firm grip. Needs more time but may never be great.
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Classic St Julien. Nose really built over the course of 2-3 hours. Fairly light, very much on minerals and acidity rather than fruit. Moderate length. Terroir-driven wine. Surely will improve considerably in 5+ years and is far from peak drinking
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This has developed quite nicely with its tobacco, smoke, cigar box, blackberry and cedar wood personality. The tannins are ripe, the fruit is ample and fresh, finish with a spicy, cassis and pomegranate note. While fun to taste now, this will get better with a few more years in the bottle.
Medium/deep ruby core, medium pale garnet rim. Nose is reasonably developed with blackcurrant, gravel, touch of tobacco. Medium/full bodied on the palate, very soft tannins, lovely gravelly mineral undertow to sweet black fruits, a good length sweet, almost toffeed finish. Very attractive, drinking very well and whilst there is no particular hurry I don't think this has the structure for the very long term.
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Klar, mørk rød. Dyp, floral nese av mørke bær; søte solbær, kirsebær, mild blyantspiss og lett vanilje. Bløt inngang. Fast og tørr frukt med frisk og saftig syre. Medium konsentrasjon. Preg av solbær og blåbær med mild sødme. Flott balanse. Tørr utgang med milde, men faste tanniner. God lengde.
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Even though I have to say that I might be biased this time as I used my new handemade mouth-blown Riedel Sommelier Bordeaux glasses, which are just incredible!
Decanted for an hour. Deep red color. Medium to full-body. Nice nose of dark berries, oak and tobacco. Palate was dark fruit and some coffee. Very smooth and elegant tannins. It is very nice easy drinking now. Chateau Lagrange is great value wine, never disappoint.
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Extremely ripe aromas of bananas and papayas, very distinctive but not at all heavy. Some gunpowder and marzipan, fresh tannin, medium weight and low acid. Just about to enter it's peak which will eventually arrive around 2018,
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retained smell, some coffee, cherrys, not on top, acidity, some minerality, for me needs some more time to develop, the tannin is still tart, long aftertaste 87- 90?
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Ruby red, no sign of color transision. Nose of cassis and vanilla. Palate reveals a full bodied wine with blackcurrant, blueberry and cedar. Tannins still quite noticable, and the wine appears young and fresh so further celllaring is advisable.
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Another great wine from Lagrange! Full bodied, heavy oak and delicate cassis notes. Though not as good as the 1995 I had two weeks ago. Will last many more years for sure.
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Popped and poored. Dark red colour. Black cherries. Nose is open from the start. The palate needed a little bit of time in the glass to open up. Very nice wine. Enjoyable now but will last.
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Another vastly underrated 2001. Full of ripe black cherry on the nose and palate at first, followed by a creamy second wave of redcurrant, then an attractive, moreish finish. I agree it won't hold for more than another decade, but in the meantime it will be interesting to compare this to the 00.
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Pretty aromatics of black fruits and mocha. Good grip on the palate with a nice and gentle structure with very sweet tannins. Quite persistent on the finish. Overall a really good showing and much better than a bottle tasted in May at a 2001 horizontal tasting.
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Has reached the perfect balance and smoothness - complex, quite full bodied and long finish - huge evolution since first tasting in 2005 where the wine was tannic and a difficult drink! Drink by 2012!!
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Decanted 1 hr, cedar and smoke in the nose, concentrated palate, with dark plum, graphite, cedar and terroir. This bottle was quite youthful and could go another 5+ years.
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Drinking well now. However, not showing full potential yet. Wait until 2014 before trying again. Served with Grilled bone in New York Sirloin of beef with Bernaise, Chanterelle Mushroom risotto, grilled Asparagus.
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w venison stew on cold sunday. great deep red color, somewhat subdued node but excellent fruit and balance on the palate. perfect to drink but can/will live for plenty more yrs. excellent combination. venison wants bordeaux (although recipe said Cote Rotie
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One of my personal favourites, always like to return to this bottle, full bodied with an opulent nose of berry fruit, taste well balanced but lots of blackberry and black currant fruits, hits of new oak, long finish with warmness on the tongue. Had tasted 10 bottles over last 3 years, never a dissapointment, even for occasional wine drinkers
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At teh BA lounge and probably opened ( not decanted) for 30mins+ most likely. Mild body and well rounded. Nice fruit and very typical bordeaux on the palate.Mild elegant nose. Drinks very well now. A very nice surprise.
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This was a wonderful claret with loads of cassis and other dark fruit, vanilla, and spice box. nice rounded tannins and enough acid to provide a decent finished. A much better bottle than the Branaire I drank the next day.
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Regular dinner group (@ CdW Bordeaux 2000 vs 2001.): Firm cassis bouquet. There is some development because the wine is not extremely primary anymore, but in fact the wine is a bit locked; even after 5 hours of air. On the palate cassis as well and slightly sticky tannin. For the moment 89, but this wine needs at least another 4 - 5 years of cellaring and then the score will most likely be a few points higher.
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With smoked duck. Open and pour. Color dark red and still young. Subdued nose, but certainly bordeaux some fruit. On the palate very balanced, just very nice with tannins, fruit integrated. Good finish. Not super wine but very good. Will live for a good number of years 5+ at least.
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Chateau bottle, held two years, double decanted. Clean cork, no sediment. Opaque, red rim. Pretty aromas of red fruits, crushed stone, and a little green veggie action. Medium bodied, smooth, and compared to other Lagrange vintages a tad under-ripe, or perhaps a blend including a few more young vines than you will find in later vintages. Acidity is bright although not in balance completely. Smooth, long finish. It is tasty, but the most enjoyable aspect of this wine is on the nose -- at least at this point.
This chateaux continues to improve over the past years as vines planted in the 80's and 90's contnue to mature, smaller tanks are used to vinify and develop each plot to its potential, and -- new for 2009 -- improved sorting will continue to improve selection. None of this investment is cheap -- it is an endorsement of Bruno Eynard that he receives continued backing from Suntori.
I would love to see this 2001 harvest come through the Lagrange cellars in 2009 - I bet the resulting wine would be even better.
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I kept thinking silky, integrated tannins as I drank. Not a big wine but seamless from start to finish. Slightly acidic on the finish that complemented the moderate fruit. All in balance. I would drink this in the next couple of years...it is really good now. First time i had a Lagrange, and i would buy more...
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This is one of the most underestimated wines there exist…this wine was very nice to drink from its youth andthis wine keeps improving…very smooth with dark berries chocolat very feminin and silky finish…this chateau makes wine at a very high level year after year...one of the most reliable wines of the BDX area...www.everyoneweb.com/chateaujochen
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A flight of bord 01s and others: Sweet seductive nose of ripe fruits and purple flowers. Monolithic inkish palate of sour berries and red dates. Not bad but not impressive enough.
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What a really nice bottle of wine. Garnet in color. Cassis and sweet tobacco on the nose. Found this at the store and brought it home and popped and poured. Gave nice sweet fruit and cedar early, then closed down a bit; this was much more open on day 3 when I had the leftovers. Just really enjoyable, smooth, traditional St. Julien, that has developed some nice secondary characteristics. Not as powerful or aromatic as the 03 Lagrange I had recently, but this is better balanced, more ready to drink right now. Lucky I found this at retail; not sure I'd pay $40 again but it was worth it for the learning and enjoyment this time around.
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This wine oozes class. Still dark colour with little or no bricking - nose is elegant with classic St Julien notes - there is a lot of purity on the nose. in the mouth this wine has quite a bit of stuffing to it and is much more full bodied than I imagined. great, dusty tannins and a lingering follow through. Nice acidity, very feminine and very very classy. This has years and years ahead of it. Outstanding. Will only get better
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Farr's Christmas tasting. Nice mature nose. As with all the 2001's, a little low key and retiring. Medium body, round and refreshing. Still some nice tannins on the finish. Good wine but no real excitement to induce one to part with the thick end of £30. Sal 91pts.
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Crystal French Wine Sale (Bordeaux) (Crystal Wines): Dark cherries with some cabbage and a touch of cat's pee held up by some alc. Amateurish balance with detectable heat. There is enough fruit, enough acidity and just enough structure. However, this does not look like it will develop into anything interesting.
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65% Cabernet Sauvignon, 28% Merlot, and 7% Petit Verdot. 13.0%. Medium to full-bodied. Floral and an opulent tobacco influenced sweet red possessing savoriness, finesse, good fruit quality, and a hint of cedar. Superb medium finish. Very well made and enjoyable now. Best from 2008 to 2013.
Solid, classic bdx; if you like Bordeaux you will appreciate this wine. Pretty good value if you bought it when released. Nice balance, medium long finish, typical St. Julien flavor profile. Drining well now but should continue to improve a bit--drink or hold for 5 more years.
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This did not show as well as I hoped. Decanted for 2 hours. Ruby color. Lots of oak that overwhelm the fruit, but it is the drying tannins that are disconcerting. I have had a lot of good Lagranges and a lot of good 2001 St. Juliens, so I am willing to give it the benefit of a doubt that it is in an awkward stage.
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Decanted for 2+ hours. Nose of dark berries, barnyard and herbs. Palate was dark berries, bitter cherry, roasted herbs and tobacco. Nice acidity makes this a great food wine. Suspected a little heat damage at first since the fruit was more muted than I expected, but it came around after sitting in the glass over the next couple of hours. Plenty of life left.
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Nice balance and well rounded. Nose of spicy oak and dark berries. Medium body with a decent aftertaste. A bit high in acidity but enjoyable with a hearty meal. Drink now-2013.
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Classic Bordeaux... Fantastic barnyard and black cherry aromas lead to a smooth, medium to full bodied palate with dark fruits, earth and cedar. Nice, firm tannins and good finish.
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Barnyard. A lot of spices, clove, coffee. Much cassis juice, good bitterness, leather. Full bodied and firm. The wine has a good future ahead. No hurry.
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Opened at Allreds house for 48 hours. 2nd time I have had this. Closed now and not as good as when it was first released. Medium bodied with some burnt cherry notes. 89+ points.
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Tasted double blind. Deep barnyardy aroma, along with dark fruit and tobacco. Deep dark fruit flavors on the palate, along with a bit of 'funk' and some wood on the long finish.
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2001 Bordeaux Horizontal Tasting (Wetzlar): #3 Lagrange, St. Julien First off it had a „baby diaper“ smell that wore off after sitting in the glass for a while. Light cassis flavors, black currants and flowers Full bodied with a long finish and a nice and present tannin structure that signals a long future. Very nice and totally enjoyable right now. 93 pt. (My WOTN)
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Deep reddish-black in colour. Very closed at first - only really opened after an hour or so in the glass. Lovely nose of dark fruits, earth, herbs and graphite. Elegant palate with rich fruit and minerally flavours, fine tannins and a long finish.
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Initialy a good nose and a closed taste but then when the bottle was about a half hour open...It's open for business!!!The tipically taste from lagrange witch is just very hard to resist...very good QPR 20euro.Not a truly great wine because medium body but the fruit is there and the bottle was empty in a blink of an eye(so that's what everything is about)
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There's very few to say about Lagrange:in every vintage tasted there is a steady quality into the bottle. The 2001 emphasise the typrical notes of Lagrange :bitter cherry, roasted herbs,leather.black pepper,sweet tobacco. Very well integrated oak, the enttry is roud,nice acidity,long persistance.The wine is very young at this stage and can be cellared for many years.The 2001 is not far the glorious 2000.This Saint julien is definitely a great value!!!!!!!
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1/22/2024 - Chrysostomus Likes this wine: 91 Points
Good wine, but typical for a 2001 Bdx it is fresh and pure, but the palate can't match the quality of the impressions in the nose. Very light weighted. On day 1 it was even a bit sour, acid was too strong. On day 2 the wine improved, the acid went into the background but still no pressure on the palate, no volume. Very green and light. 91 pts for the beautiful nose. (88 for the palate and the slightly drying tannins at the end).
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6/11/2023 - winchester-xi Likes this wine:
Understated but lovely bottle that surprised to the upside.
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5/31/2023 - msauer wrote: 91 Points
großartig , elegant. Feine Reife, fruchtig- süß
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8/15/2022 - Zweder wrote: 92 Points
Beautiful and rustic bouquet with autumn impressions and some barnyard and graphite in the bouquet as well as the taste. Beautiful acidity and still slightly sticky tannin. Fully mature now and the wine will probably stay on this level for several years if stored properly. Pity this was my last bottle.
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7/25/2022 - Hendmo Likes this wine: 92 Points
This was in its perfect drinking window and really hit the spot! Classic left bank flavours of cassis, hint of tobacco, graphite and a lovely savoury finish. Delicious and my favourite wine of the night vs the 2004 branaire ducru (product of a tougher vintage) and 2005 beychevelle (excellent intensity but the Lagrange was more ready to drink and refined as a result). Excellent stuff.
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6/27/2022 - lightning wrote: 90 Points
Monthly tasting - Cabernet Sauvignon / Blends (JM (SL)): Tasted blind. Dark fruits with a pronounced earth note. Silky texture on entry before some surprisingly potent tannins lock on in the midpalate, tight orb of blackcurrant, graphite and kirsch. [SL]
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4/17/2022 - msauer wrote: 88 Points
Etwas enttäuschend
wenig Frucht, untypisch . stumpf, kein großer Trinkspass
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3/30/2022 - Rieslingfan wrote:
Sad to say this is my last bottle, because it has so much more to give. Classic Bordeaux, with all the pencil shaving, cassis and a splash of kirsch. Mid-weight, retaining enough structure to balance the fruit, and an expansive, long finish reinforce the classic descriptor. This is the Bordeaux I fell in love with from vintages in the 1980s, and it’s how I have wanted to experience the wines.
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2/5/2022 - Acove Likes this wine: 91 Points
Writing from memory. About a 2 hour decant. Deep garnet with a good amount of brown. On the nose, dried cherry, fig, licorice, leather. On the palate, smooth acidity, medium+ body, insanely fine tannin that only reveals itself on the finish. Layers of fig, cherry, blueberry, leather, etc that has all integrated into one complex and perplexing flavor. Medium+ finish. My first grand cru bdx and it didn't disappoint. Not a great vintage so I'm sure Lagrange has better wines. Also probably would have been better ~5 years ago but is still drinking just fine.
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2/4/2022 - Rbhan12 Likes this wine: 91 Points
Decanted off sediment, open for 2 hours or so.
Nose quite complex and tertiary. Fall leaves, wet tobacco, leather, maybe could be convinced of graphite, maybe even some fig. Drying and decaying red fruits. Palate is another story. Still quite young and bright. Balanced acid with bright red fruits, crushed gravel, slightly chalky. Maybe some tobacco too. Tannins are pretty much resolved. Finish starts to show a little tannin but very well integrated and subtle. Otherwise mimics the palate with the gravelly, chalky rock character.
Drink now, at peak for me. If not, within 5 years. Nose shows the age but the palate is still young.
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10/26/2021 - msauer Likes this wine: 91 Points
klassisch. Fein. Viel Frucht, noch frisch.
Kein Muskelprotz. Etwas junges Leder
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10/3/2021 - Eudemis wrote: flawed
Corked, as was the last bottle of 2002 that I opened. Not quite a pattern yet, but something to watch.
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8/29/2021 - ID Likes this wine:
With 2-3 hours of air, it’s a nice, medium- almost light-bodied St Julien. Good acidity, good balance. The opposite of a Napa cab.
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4/11/2021 - bordeauxman777 Likes this wine: 93 Points
Poised and expansive, nearly on plato. A classic in making, this will improve and continue to drink for many years to come. Super lovely!
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1/10/2021 - nnektarios Likes this wine: 92 Points
Dark Purple, some brown highlights. Black Fruits, Leather, Meat, Cigar Box.
Medium Alcohol, Medium Body, Complex, very well structured, Minerality, Strong, beautiful balanced Tannins, Long Finish.
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12/12/2020 - Nutty08 Likes this wine: 93 Points
Solid mature bdx for bdx lovers. Expressive nose of tobacco leaf mixed with black fruits and cedar. Palate is quite fine, narrow and acidic. Tannins are rather mild at this point. Finish a bit dry and austere, with the fruit in the background. Mid-weight bdx that seems mature. Drink well now, no reason to wait.
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9/12/2020 - Papies wrote: 93 Points
Another great performance from the estate and definitely the wine has evolved and improved a lot in the 3 years since we tried it last ( Papies 91)
Classic in many ways and with the quality that comes from this estate in good vintages. Soft secondary feel yet with a lot of bright fruit notes. Some leather, light cedar and a juiciness that’s comes from its St Julien terroir. Solid 93 and pls decant this as it needs its time
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8/17/2019 - stefan.dissertori@gmail.com wrote: 85 Points
Kurz, leichte Brettnoten
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4/23/2019 - Purple Tooth wrote: 92 Points
This wine was the beginning of a nice trio of a Left bank 2001 lineup. I must say that each wine was just as pleasurable as the last and on its own, each would have scored slightly better. Drinking before a 2001 Pichon Baron and a 2001 Latour, this wine set the stage with its vibrant mature nature and the marriage of freshness and decaying fruit. Lovely clay filled bordeaux that just lacked the length to be hanging with the big boys, but the charm brought it close. DRINK
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4/23/2019 - DaleW wrote:
Young but approachable, some manageable tannin, cassis and red plum with some overlay of vanilla, toast, and cocoa. Fairly plush but not soft. B+
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4/6/2019 - vino vidi vici Likes this wine:
OK - this wine tastes fresh and mature all at the same time... so good! Right out of the bottle. Big nose of Blackcurrant, leaps out of the glass... fruit is muted, but the acid keeps it alive, and carry's the lingering finish. Starts light on the palate, but the flavor deepens and really commands your attention. After an hour in the glass, the spice comes shining through... ** Day 2 floral and harmonious - yum.
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4/6/2019 - Ivin wrote:
Into my 2nd case.
Bit of barnyard on the nose. Muted aromatics.
Still very tannic, with subdued fruit, feeling thin in the mouth.
Lacking flesh and richness.
Not sure this will improve.
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11/24/2018 - Paui wrote: 90 Points
Improved but still quite young in the nose. Young colour, fruit, very tannic, needs air, I gave an hour. Gets smoother, however to a certain extent only. Storage will be awarded in 5+ years.
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4/28/2018 - Zweder wrote: 91 Points
PWS; Australia and some extra's (@ My place): Complex and mature bouquet with toast and rustic impressions as well as red berries. On the palate toast, leather, bell pepper, some barnyard, juicy acidity and tannin with still enough power for several years. With more air time it showed more finesse and complexity. Overall a beautiful and elegant Bordeaux. What to do with my last bottle? I’ll probably wait until the early 2020’s.
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12/28/2017 - vinum bonum wrote:
Hélas, le bouchon a marqué la bouteille, certes légèrement, mais suffisamment pour en empêcher une dégustation sereine. Vraiment dommage, car le vin avait l'air de toute beauté, très ouvert et plein d'énergie, sur son plateau.
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11/12/2017 - Papies wrote: 91 Points
Dinner at the Papies (The Papies, Elizabeth St, London): Played the role of cellar defender so was decanted and served.
On the young side still and will benefit from some more cellaring but still a very solid wine as with all Lagranges from good vintages.
Dark fruit, light pepper, still very much primary and shows very little secondary feel. Keep to the beautiful 1996 for now and drink this 2001 in 3-4 years! 91 for now
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10/21/2017 - Eudemis Likes this wine:
13% alcohol. The good long dense cork is penetrated a quarter of the way, with one much deeper inroad. Decanted for an hour. The colour is very deep with hardly any sign of evolution.
Deep mature nose with pure fruit (blackcurrant mostly) harmoniously flavoured by quality oak. The mouth is just as good, showing balance and energy, with excellent acidity in the finish. Fully resolved tannins are there only through the sense of grip that they impart.
This is nearly opulent enough to pass for a Pauillac, while retaining all the elegance of St Julien. A perfect companion to our leg of lamb (is there a better combination out there ?). This is ready to drink, but there is certainly no rush to do so.
A great success, and a repeat purchase.
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10/11/2017 - Personal Opinion Likes this wine:
Enjoyed over 3 hours after opening. Aromas and flavors of lightly roasted coffee bean, graphite, pencil shavings, worn leather and black fruit skins dominate the profile with good integration. Medium bodied, medium acid, with noticeable dry, dusty tannins. Shorter, dry finish seems to be the biggest shortcoming of this wine. Paired well with filet. Typical 'Left Bank' Bordeaux stylings. Enjoyable, not amazing. Satisfies the itch for a typical, aged, slightly above average Bordeaux.
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5/20/2017 - fc1910 Does not like this wine:
Some green paprika on the nose, cherry, starting still a little tannic and restrained, light to midbodied, lacking fruit and complexity, tart, more aeration is not changing a lot, ending a little harsh and unpleasant, this bottle leaves me a little helpless, *
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2/4/2017 - Paui wrote: 89 Points
against a half bottle of Saffredi 2011, seemed funny as both tasted the same age. A lang +4 hours decant to assess this wine. Short on the palate an experience also made with 1986. Not a bad wine though, however below 90p. Possibly this need a couple of year in the cellar, will cjheck that out with my last bottle.
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12/8/2016 - ParagonCD wrote: 91 Points
At opening pencil lead and dark fruits. Glorious. Just trucked all night. This bottle had 5+ years unquestionably.
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11/27/2016 - Julian Marshall Likes this wine: 91 Points
Much the same as the last one, so very enjoyable but it is showing signs of flagging so drink soonish
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6/27/2016 - jnocera Likes this wine: 91 Points
Soft ruby red. Nose is subtle hints of iron and blackberry. On the palate soft tannins with balanced fruit. Soft moderate finish
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6/18/2016 - Bordeaux_Jon Likes this wine: 92 Points
I bought and drank a few bottles of this wine ages ago, in about 2006, so I was really excited to see where it had gone in the last decade. It's certainly better now, less tannic and more aromatic. Upon popping the cork, it had a really nice earthy fruitiness but that faded rather quickly. The nose then became dominated with oak, red fruit, and cigar. Over the hours we drank it, a lot of cedar and rolled tobacco emerged. The palate was mostly fruit, cigar, and cedar, smooth and enjoyable with tannins that faded considerably over 8 hours of drinking. Based on my experience with the wine, it's hard for me to say if it was better 5 years ago than today or will be better in 5 years. Perhaps it is in a good place now.
I enjoyed this wine, but I was hoping for a bit more X-factor. I've had a number of $30 and $40 second wines of famous Chateau (eg. Alter Ego from Palmer and Tourelles de Longueville from Pichon Baron, both from 2001). While this wine wasn't that much more expensive, I feel like it should deliver more as a Grand Cru Classe 3rd Growth than a second wine or a Cru Bourgeois. My experience with this wine made me agree with notes from Neal Martin and Robert Parker that called Lagrange a sturdy, reliable St. Julien but not an inspiring one. I do feel that the 1989 and particularly the 1990 were really a notch up for Lagrange, but the 1986, 1995, 1996, 2000, and 2003 definitely fit the sturdy but not inspiring description. I'll be serving the 1995 and 2003 at my wedding, and I think that they are have QPR because I got lucky and found them for $45 a bottle. I'm not sure the wines are worth the normal $75-$90 price tag.
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3/10/2016 - Big Bad Voodoo Daddy Likes this wine: 92 Points
Popped and drank two hours later at Ninja's dinner. Drinking very well now.
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2/4/2016 - ccn wrote: 91 Points
Continues to be in good drinking window with a great nose, good length. No rush to drink this.
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11/29/2015 - GAET Likes this wine: 91 Points
62 % Cabernet-Sauvignon, 27 % Merlot, 11 % Petit Verdot
Robe : rubis orangée. brillante avec de fines larmes
Nez : on est sur la finesse, sur le cassis, le cèdre, le cirage blond
En bouche : on est également sur la finesse, les tanins sont fondus. C'est un vin en demi-corps avec une belle acidité qui apporte de la fraîcheur. Le vin présente une belle longueur en bouche.
Très bien.
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11/2/2015 - Rieslingfan wrote:
This is exactly what I look for in Bodeaux, well defined and statuesque, enough fruit, but only just enough, tannins that frame the wine and maybe even stick out a bit, and a long, lingering finish of fruit, cedar and smoke. I wish I had bought two cases, so that I could follow the wine over the next 10-15 years.
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10/27/2015 - Mads Eriksen wrote: 90 Points
For ung og for lidt dekantering. Tanniner markante og vinen fremstod samtidig som lidt tynd i det. Duften var dog fantastisk med klassisk venstrebreds cigarbox og mørke bær.
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10/16/2015 - Claret & CdP Gang Likes this wine: 91 Points
Color: dark
Nose: cigar box, blackberry
Palate: lovely st Julien, but still has plucky tannins, decanted for only 30minutes, would have benefited from a longer decant
91
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10/1/2015 - davergny Likes this wine: 91 Points
Solid Bdx from a classic vintage. Red currants, pencil lead, good grip and depth. Really classic and drank well with a fantastic cornish hen dish!
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7/23/2015 - stinkycook Likes this wine:
Drinking well right now
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5/31/2015 - Julian Marshall Likes this wine: 91 Points
Very enjoyable and at the moment, better than the 00. Cigar box and blackcurrant aromas, then the usual slightly spicy blackcurrant and cherry flavours, with good grip and structure. Just lacks that mid-palate sparkle of the great vintages, otherwise excellent.
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4/19/2015 - Harley1199 wrote:
P&P but needing four hours plus in a decanter to start singing. Served at 13C. Dark crimson colour but mature appearance on the nose with aromas of pencil, rotten roses, four-squared mint, earth and mushrooms. Very Paulliac-like rather than a truly Saint Julien.
On the palate showed dry and short. Good at its best.
For this useful vintage a honest, very dry and attractive St.Julien bottle. In my view this needed extra cellaring.
Tried to match it with a leg of young lamb for lunch. Consumed during the evening. I am a patient man.
Abierta y servida pero necesitando más de cuatro horas en un decantador para empezar a brillar. Servido a 13C. De color carmesí oscuro, pero con una apariencia madura en nariz con aromas de lápiz, rosas podridas, menta vulgar, tierra y setas. Muy Pauilliac en lugar de ser una verdadera Saint Julien.
En boca se mostró seca y corta. Solamente buena en su mejor momento.
Para esta añada útil una botella St Julien honesta, muy seca y atractiva. En mi opinión, esto requiere de una guarda extra.
Traté de maridarla con una pierna de ternasco aragonés al horno para el almuerzo. Consumida durante la tarde-noche. Soy un hombre paciente.
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4/2/2015 - ccn Likes this wine: 91 Points
Consistent notes to prior bottle. 2-hour decant seemed right though also approachable earlier. I'm less convinced than previously that this wine will improve significantly beyond here, though it's certainly not declining.
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3/14/2015 - vino vidi vici wrote: flawed
Over the hill - too bad. One bottle left. Will pull soon and give it a try...
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2/13/2015 - Lype Likes this wine:
Quite restrained at this point, I would give this one 3-5 years in the cellar.
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2/3/2015 - d'Artagnan wrote: 90 Points
souper avec Gaël et plusieurs à l'Os
Une belle rondeur, c'est fruité et bien équilibré, impeccable! J'étais sur un St Julien 2000. Il fut préféré par tous au Fort de Latour 2001, pour 25% du prix...90 pts
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9/21/2014 - SoCal wrote:
Very good. Balanced, nuance, and impressive for the vintage.
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5/9/2014 - diggydan wrote: 91 Points
Really tasty and high class. Nose is all tobacco leafy and cedary and pencil shavingly good. Palate has deep minerality and leather-driven flavors and ample acids and even more tannins. Drinking well now with steak but not going nowhere neither.
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4/20/2014 - ccn Likes this wine: 92 Points
Drinking very well now -- a lovely St Julien. Compared to the 2005 which we had the same day, less concentrated -- a light wine, but with good length and complexity. Delicious black fruit (blueberries?), minerals, good acidity, tannins softening. Very nice now, interesting to see how it will develop over 5-10 years.
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4/10/2014 - ChristerE wrote: 85 Points
The first bottle I opened had a over the hill nose but still pleasant to drink. Opened another and it was totally different and had a vitality that the first bottle did not have.
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2/25/2014 - Champagneinhand Likes this wine: 91 Points
solid St. Julien claret. Dark fruit mainly cassis with nose of graphite and passing barnyard. Nice silky tannin and in great balance with the acid. pleasant finish.
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2/3/2014 - Zweder wrote: 91 Points
Weekly tasting group #106; A mixed set of red wines. (@ My place): Beautiful bouquet with barnyard, cassis, oak, cedar and cigar box. Same on the palate; still juicy cassis and other dark forest fruits, good acidity and a bit drying tannin and bitterness. A very complete wine. Ready now and with some future. Next bottle in 2016.
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1/25/2014 - gven wrote: 89 Points
Opened one hours before drinking. Light bodied, soft fruit, tannins still underneath. Very good.
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1/17/2014 - Billigan Likes this wine: 90 Points
Opened with pronounced oaky scents and flavors, but these dissipated after an hour of airtime. Once the oak died down, it revealed a classic mid-weight claret profile. Leathery, earthy, and herbaceous, with tannins well integrated, ample acidity, but with the fruit tasting a little flat and a bit astringent on the finish. A very good QPR BDX that built for the dinner table.
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12/31/2013 - Khon Kaen Likes this wine: 90 Points
Consistent with my last posting.
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12/30/2013 - ccn wrote: 91 Points
Classic St Julien -- some fruit, very minerally, showing very well now.
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12/28/2013 - Atreyu wrote: 88 Points
Less developed than last bottle and quite different to my previous note. Dark, structured, relatively high acid with a firm grip. Needs more time but may never be great.
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11/24/2013 - Morrisson Likes this wine:
Excellent vin, encore de beaux fruits et des tannins biens fondus. Un vin a son appoge.
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10/20/2013 - elledeca wrote:
Vintage Bordeaux dinner; 10/19/2013-10/20/2013 (chez nous): cassis, mint, polished leather. round full mouth, not very much acidity, a tiny green note with fruit and tannic finish. wait a bit.
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8/17/2013 - ccn Likes this wine: 91 Points
Classic St Julien. Nose really built over the course of 2-3 hours. Fairly light, very much on minerals and acidity rather than fruit. Moderate length. Terroir-driven wine. Surely will improve considerably in 5+ years and is far from peak drinking
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7/25/2013 - Jeff Leve wrote: 91 Points
This has developed quite nicely with its tobacco, smoke, cigar box, blackberry and cedar wood personality. The tannins are ripe, the fruit is ample and fresh, finish with a spicy, cassis and pomegranate note. While fun to taste now, this will get better with a few more years in the bottle.
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7/19/2013 - Paul D wrote: 91 Points
Medium/deep ruby core, medium pale garnet rim. Nose is reasonably developed with blackcurrant, gravel, touch of tobacco. Medium/full bodied on the palate, very soft tannins, lovely gravelly mineral undertow to sweet black fruits, a good length sweet, almost toffeed finish. Very attractive, drinking very well and whilst there is no particular hurry I don't think this has the structure for the very long term.
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7/6/2013 - -E- wrote: 91 Points
Klar, mørk rød. Dyp, floral nese av mørke bær; søte solbær, kirsebær, mild blyantspiss og lett vanilje. Bløt inngang. Fast og tørr frukt med frisk og saftig syre. Medium konsentrasjon. Preg av solbær og blåbær med mild sødme. Flott balanse. Tørr utgang med milde, men faste tanniner. God lengde.
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7/5/2013 - MichielV wrote: 89 Points
W steak BBQ. Didnt work well at all with the hollandaise. Got better after the meal but somehow it wasnt making me pay attention.
Ok wine.
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5/18/2013 - mstar Likes this wine: 90 Points
Ruby coloured. Aromas of dried cherries and leather. Medium bodied wine with good fruit and tannin backbone. 30 second finish.
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2/25/2013 - -Tim- Likes this wine: 91 Points
Consistent with my last posting.
Even though I have to say that I might be biased this time as I used my new handemade mouth-blown Riedel Sommelier Bordeaux glasses, which are just incredible!
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2/11/2013 - Khon Kaen Likes this wine: 90 Points
Decanted for an hour. Deep red color. Medium to full-body. Nice nose of dark berries, oak and tobacco. Palate was dark fruit and some coffee. Very smooth and elegant tannins. It is very nice easy drinking now. Chateau Lagrange is great value wine, never disappoint.
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12/31/2012 - Atreyu wrote: 90 Points
Extremely ripe aromas of bananas and papayas, very distinctive but not at all heavy. Some gunpowder and marzipan, fresh tannin, medium weight and low acid. Just about to enter it's peak which will eventually arrive around 2018,
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12/25/2012 - fc1910 wrote: 88 Points
retained smell, some coffee, cherrys, not on top, acidity, some minerality, for me needs some more time to develop, the tannin is still tart, long aftertaste 87- 90?
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12/11/2012 - Tom Henriksveen Likes this wine:
Ruby red, no sign of color transision. Nose of cassis and vanilla. Palate reveals a full bodied wine with blackcurrant, blueberry and cedar. Tannins still quite noticable, and the wine appears young and fresh so further celllaring is advisable.
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12/5/2012 - -Tim- Likes this wine: 91 Points
Another great wine from Lagrange! Full bodied, heavy oak and delicate cassis notes. Though not as good as the 1995 I had two weeks ago. Will last many more years for sure.
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10/21/2012 - Papies wrote: 91 Points
Popped and poored. Dark red colour. Black cherries. Nose is open from the start. The palate needed a little bit of time in the glass to open up. Very nice wine. Enjoyable now but will last.
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7/31/2012 - Julian Marshall wrote:
Another vastly underrated 2001. Full of ripe black cherry on the nose and palate at first, followed by a creamy second wave of redcurrant, then an attractive, moreish finish. I agree it won't hold for more than another decade, but in the meantime it will be interesting to compare this to the 00.
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9/1/2011 - PMJ wrote: 92 Points
Pretty aromatics of black fruits and mocha. Good grip on the palate with a nice and gentle structure with very sweet tannins. Quite persistent on the finish. Overall a really good showing and much better than a bottle tasted in May at a 2001 horizontal tasting.
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8/1/2011 - Jeakoso wrote: 91 Points
Has reached the perfect balance and smoothness - complex, quite full bodied and long finish - huge evolution since first tasting in 2005 where the wine was tannic and a difficult drink! Drink by 2012!!
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7/5/2011 - bcmatthias wrote: 91 Points
Full bodied, smooth.
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6/25/2011 - wineshaman wrote: 91 Points
Decanted 1 hr, cedar and smoke in the nose, concentrated palate, with dark plum, graphite, cedar and terroir. This bottle was quite youthful and could go another 5+ years.
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6/22/2011 - CellarBord wrote: 89 Points
Drinking well now. However, not showing full potential yet. Wait until 2014 before trying again. Served with Grilled bone in New York Sirloin of beef with Bernaise, Chanterelle Mushroom risotto, grilled Asparagus.
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5/31/2011 - MRichman wrote:
2001 Bordeaux at 10 years served blind (La Fonda del Sol, NYC): A little stiff with a weak mid-palate. Some sweetness inside. Broad but not focused. Young.
B/B+
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5/8/2011 - smchludzinski wrote:
Very smooth and elegant.
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3/16/2011 - Papies wrote: 89 Points
Another good showing from this wine. Smooth round and makes for nice easy drinking.
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1/15/2011 - CTwine wrote: 92 Points
Very nice nose & finish. Smooth ready to drink now.
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1/14/2011 - Jeakoso wrote: 88 Points
Ready to drink
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11/15/2010 - Weston3220 Likes this wine: 91 Points
Bordeaux Night Oregon 2010 (Eugene, Oregon [SmileDoc's House]): A big wine, masculine power behind it, cassis, graphite, pain du bread or however the french put it.
Showing very well, and still has time to age even more.
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10/31/2010 - PC73 wrote: 88 Points
Very reasonable. Well balanced fruit, blackcurrant most notable. Soft tannins. Mid acidity.
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10/11/2010 - MichielV wrote: 91 Points
w venison stew on cold sunday. great deep red color, somewhat subdued node but excellent fruit and balance on the palate. perfect to drink but can/will live for plenty more yrs. excellent combination. venison wants bordeaux (although recipe said Cote Rotie
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8/27/2010 - Pavel Trenka wrote: 92 Points
One of my personal favourites, always like to return to this bottle, full bodied with an opulent nose of berry fruit, taste well balanced but lots of blackberry and black currant fruits, hits of new oak, long finish with warmness on the tongue. Had tasted 10 bottles over last 3 years, never a dissapointment, even for occasional wine drinkers
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8/25/2010 - Papies wrote: 90 Points
At teh BA lounge and probably opened ( not decanted) for 30mins+ most likely.
Mild body and well rounded. Nice fruit and very typical bordeaux on the palate.Mild elegant nose. Drinks very well now. A very nice surprise.
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5/9/2010 - Champagneinhand wrote: 92 Points
This was a wonderful claret with loads of cassis and other dark fruit, vanilla, and spice box. nice rounded tannins and enough acid to provide a decent finished. A much better bottle than the Branaire I drank the next day.
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1/23/2010 - Zweder wrote: 89 Points
Regular dinner group (@ CdW Bordeaux 2000 vs 2001.): Firm cassis bouquet. There is some development because the wine is not extremely primary anymore, but in fact the wine is a bit locked; even after 5 hours of air. On the palate cassis as well and slightly sticky tannin. For the moment 89, but this wine needs at least another 4 - 5 years of cellaring and then the score will most likely be a few points higher.
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10/12/2009 - MichielV wrote: 90 Points
With smoked duck. Open and pour. Color dark red and still young. Subdued nose, but certainly bordeaux some fruit. On the palate very balanced, just very nice with tannins, fruit integrated. Good finish. Not super wine but very good. Will live for a good number of years 5+ at least.
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9/9/2009 - City Wine Journal wrote: 89 Points
Chateau bottle, held two years, double decanted. Clean cork, no sediment. Opaque, red rim. Pretty aromas of red fruits, crushed stone, and a little green veggie action. Medium bodied, smooth, and compared to other Lagrange vintages a tad under-ripe, or perhaps a blend including a few more young vines than you will find in later vintages. Acidity is bright although not in balance completely. Smooth, long finish. It is tasty, but the most enjoyable aspect of this wine is on the nose -- at least at this point.
This chateaux continues to improve over the past years as vines planted in the 80's and 90's contnue to mature, smaller tanks are used to vinify and develop each plot to its potential, and -- new for 2009 -- improved sorting will continue to improve selection. None of this investment is cheap -- it is an endorsement of Bruno Eynard that he receives continued backing from Suntori.
I would love to see this 2001 harvest come through the Lagrange cellars in 2009 - I bet the resulting wine would be even better.
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6/10/2009 - rwatkin wrote: 91 Points
I kept thinking silky, integrated tannins as I drank. Not a big wine but seamless from start to finish. Slightly acidic on the finish that complemented the moderate fruit. All in balance. I would drink this in the next couple of years...it is really good now. First time i had a Lagrange, and i would buy more...
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5/14/2009 - chateaujochen wrote: 92 Points
This is one of the most underestimated wines there exist…this wine was very nice to drink from its youth andthis wine keeps improving…very smooth with dark berries chocolat very feminin and silky finish…this chateau makes wine at a very high level year after year...one of the most reliable wines of the BDX area...www.everyoneweb.com/chateaujochen
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5/7/2009 - jfd wrote:
Verticale Lagrange (88-90-95-96-97-98-99-00-01-02-03-04-05) février 2009
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4/25/2009 - Alex H wrote: 82 Points
A flight of bord 01s and others: Sweet seductive nose of ripe fruits and purple flowers. Monolithic inkish palate of sour berries and red dates. Not bad but not impressive enough.
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12/30/2008 - amateurwino wrote: 91 Points
What a really nice bottle of wine. Garnet in color. Cassis and sweet tobacco on the nose. Found this at the store and brought it home and popped and poured. Gave nice sweet fruit and cedar early, then closed down a bit; this was much more open on day 3 when I had the leftovers. Just really enjoyable, smooth, traditional St. Julien, that has developed some nice secondary characteristics. Not as powerful or aromatic as the 03 Lagrange I had recently, but this is better balanced, more ready to drink right now. Lucky I found this at retail; not sure I'd pay $40 again but it was worth it for the learning and enjoyment this time around.
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11/13/2008 - pjaines wrote: 93 Points
This wine oozes class. Still dark colour with little or no bricking - nose is elegant with classic St Julien notes - there is a lot of purity on the nose. in the mouth this wine has quite a bit of stuffing to it and is much more full bodied than I imagined. great, dusty tannins and a lingering follow through. Nice acidity, very feminine and very very classy. This has years and years ahead of it. Outstanding. Will only get better
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11/10/2008 - dave747400 wrote: 91 Points
Farr's Christmas tasting.
Nice mature nose. As with all the 2001's, a little low key and retiring. Medium body, round and refreshing. Still some nice tannins on the finish. Good wine but no real excitement to induce one to part with the thick end of £30. Sal 91pts.
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11/2/2008 - Alex H wrote: 81 Points
Crystal French Wine Sale (Bordeaux) (Crystal Wines): Dark cherries with some cabbage and a touch of cat's pee held up by some alc. Amateurish balance with detectable heat. There is enough fruit, enough acidity and just enough structure. However, this does not look like it will develop into anything interesting.
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9/21/2008 - Jiuwine.com wrote: 88 Points
65% Cabernet Sauvignon, 28% Merlot, and 7% Petit Verdot. 13.0%. Medium to full-bodied. Floral and an opulent tobacco influenced sweet red possessing savoriness, finesse, good fruit quality, and a hint of cedar. Superb medium finish. Very well made and enjoyable now. Best from 2008 to 2013.
城堡-拉格朗哲 (法国, 波尔多, 梅多克, 圣朱利安). 葡萄酒种类: 65% 卡贝内索维尼翁, 28% 梅洛, 和7% 小华帝. 星期五2008年2月22日. 13.0% 酒精度. 中到充分酒体. 入口第一感芳香的烟草味, 味醇的水果味, 深飞的口感, 稍稍的雪松味. 上好的回味. 建議品嚐葡萄酒從 2008年至 2013年.
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9/3/2008 - AzorianMatador wrote: 91 Points
Solid, classic bdx; if you like Bordeaux you will appreciate this wine. Pretty good value if you bought it when released.
Nice balance, medium long finish, typical St. Julien flavor profile. Drining well now but should continue to improve a bit--drink or hold for 5 more years.
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6/25/2008 - Ivin wrote: 89 Points
This did not show as well as I hoped. Decanted for 2 hours. Ruby color. Lots of oak that overwhelm the fruit, but it is the drying tannins that are disconcerting. I have had a lot of good Lagranges and a lot of good 2001 St. Juliens, so I am willing to give it the benefit of a doubt that it is in an awkward stage.
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4/26/2008 - meatman wrote: 90 Points
Decanted for 2+ hours. Nose of dark berries, barnyard and herbs. Palate was dark berries, bitter cherry, roasted herbs and tobacco. Nice acidity makes this a great food wine. Suspected a little heat damage at first since the fruit was more muted than I expected, but it came around after sitting in the glass over the next couple of hours. Plenty of life left.
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4/20/2008 - jakob.krummenacher@gmail.com wrote: 90 Points
Nice balance and well rounded. Nose of spicy oak and dark berries. Medium body with a decent aftertaste. A bit high in acidity but enjoyable with a hearty meal. Drink now-2013.
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12/16/2007 - bmarshall wrote: 90 Points
Classic Bordeaux... Fantastic barnyard and black cherry aromas lead to a smooth, medium to full bodied palate with dark fruits, earth and cedar. Nice, firm tannins and good finish.
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11/23/2007 - Zweder wrote: 90 Points
Barnyard. A lot of spices, clove, coffee. Much cassis juice, good bitterness, leather. Full bodied and firm. The wine has a good future ahead. No hurry.
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8/30/2007 - Vino Me wrote: 89 Points
Opened at Allreds house for 48 hours. 2nd time I have had this. Closed now and not as good as when it was first released. Medium bodied with some burnt cherry notes. 89+ points.
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8/28/2007 - AllRed wrote: 88 Points
A shadow of what it was on Sunday, this is now very muted and not giving up much. Some mint aromas ond soft red fruit flavors.
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8/26/2007 - AllRed wrote: 93 Points
Tasted double blind. Deep barnyardy aroma, along with dark fruit and tobacco. Deep dark fruit flavors on the palate, along with a bit of 'funk' and some wood on the long finish.
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5/19/2007 - Weinlakai wrote: 93 Points
2001 Bordeaux Horizontal Tasting (Wetzlar): #3 Lagrange, St. Julien
First off it had a „baby diaper“ smell that wore off after sitting in the glass for a while. Light cassis flavors, black currants and flowers Full bodied with a long finish and a nice and present tannin structure that signals a long future. Very nice and totally enjoyable right now.
93 pt. (My WOTN)
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5/19/2007 - salil wrote: 92 Points
Deep reddish-black in colour. Very closed at first - only really opened after an hour or so in the glass. Lovely nose of dark fruits, earth, herbs and graphite. Elegant palate with rich fruit and minerally flavours, fine tannins and a long finish.
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4/14/2007 - chateaujochen wrote: 90 Points
Initialy a good nose and a closed taste but then when the bottle was about a half hour open...It's open for business!!!The tipically taste from lagrange witch is just very hard to resist...very good QPR 20euro.Not a truly great wine because medium body but the fruit is there and the bottle was empty in a blink of an eye(so that's what everything is about)
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1/12/2007 - Marco68 wrote: 90 Points
There's very few to say about Lagrange:in every vintage tasted there is a steady quality into the bottle.
The 2001 emphasise the typrical notes of Lagrange :bitter cherry, roasted herbs,leather.black pepper,sweet tobacco.
Very well integrated oak, the enttry is roud,nice acidity,long persistance.The wine is very young at this stage and can be cellared
for many years.The 2001 is not far the glorious 2000.This Saint julien is definitely a great value!!!!!!!
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10/31/2006 - Stampy wrote: 84 Points
Oak forward. Somewhat lacking in the mid palate. Pleasant enough except for the somewhat intrusive oak. Short to medium finish. Not good QPR.
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7/16/2006 - Sunavagun wrote: 89 Points
Tasted April 2005 - Purchased from Sams $26. Great wine - worth keeping.
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11/3/2005 - Wrighty wrote: 87 Points
Watson's World Wine Week tasting - 05 (JW Marriot Hotel Hong Kong): Disjointed. Whiff of farmyard, hard to detect any fruit. Woody finish with fruit at the end. Perhaps this was a bad bottle.
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11/2/2005 - Russell Faulkner wrote:
2001 Claret Tasting (Vintners' Hall, London): Spicy complex nose, tannin very drying at present, one to age, very nice finish.
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5/1/2005 - RJD wrote: flawed
Corked!
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6/18/2004 - Vino Me wrote: 91 Points
Union des Grand Crus de Bordeaux (2001 Vintage) (Vinexpo Chicago): An elegant and soft texture in this wine. Ripe fruit and mocha notes. 91+ points.
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