2019 Château Lagrange (St. Julien)

Community Tasting Notes (33) Avg Score: 92.5 points

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  3/12/2024 - Madjim Likes this wine: 94 Points

  After a 3 hour decant this wine impressed and just got better afterwards. Round, silky tannins, intense black fruits followed by subtle to moderate spices on long finish.
  Looking forward to tasting this for many years to come.

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  11/24/2023 - BoxerBee Likes this wine: 93 Points

  First impression:
  Elegant nose, with blackcurrant, florals (rose, violet), tobacco, oriental spice and mint. On the palate, it is slightly more redfruited, with cherry and raspberry leading the way. Moderate acidity and silky tannins (the oak imparting coffee and caramel flavour to the tannins). Good concentration, but an elegant midweight structure, with moderate alcohol. The finish emphasizes blackcurrant, mint and coffee. Highly moreish and surprisingly good despite its young age. 95 points.
  
  Half an hour later:
  As it sits in the glass, the oak gets constantly more prominent on the nose, on the palate, and on the finish which detracts considerably from the overall impression. Will the oak ever integrate nicely???? 87 points.
  
  Day two:
  Now, the oak appears better integrated like first. Sage and lavender add to the aromatic complexity. I have honestly never experienced anything like this before... 95 points.
  
  Conclusion:
  Drink 2029 - 2044. With so much variation in the course of 24 hours, it will be difficult to score this one reliably for the next 3 - 5 years, but eventually it should settle somewhere in the 90 - 95 points range.

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  11/11/2023 - Wine Canuck wrote:

  This pours medium purple in the glass, with a deep, inky, glass staining youthful color. The nose is pungent showing and entirely primary expression of cassis, blueberry jam, fresh ripe blackberry, tar, iodine, violet, and fennel seed. The palate is deep, rich and ripe replaying that glass staining character. It enters on blackberry with medium plus firm tannin and medium acid. The finish is dominated by the structure with touches of dark fruit and some crushed rock mineral. All in all this is pretty tight and primary. Not getting even a hint of nascent complexity that is to come. That makes it hard to read but I have to rate it based on what I’m tasting here. On the plus side there is no obtrusive oak. Ripeness, and extract while high are not overdone which is also nice to see. Of course there is room for improvement with age.

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  10/31/2023 - kostaslonis wrote:

  2019 Bordeaux Tasting, MW tasting (Vintner's Hall, London): 80% CS 18% Mer 2% PV, 13.50%
  Tight nose, black fruit notes, floral notes, some green stalk notes
  Palate showing acidity, fresh tight tannins, black fruit, warmth, full body, med finish

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  9/26/2023 - RightBankKane Likes this wine:

  Going to need some time to absorb the oak. It imparts a bit of coffee grinds/mocha to the flavor. Other than that, this is a wine with plenty of ripe material. Darker side of the spectrum, blackish color, very leesy at the moment too with some rising bread dough notes. Has structure in the middle of the palate rather than the finish. Acidity is in the background for now. I really like the vintage and for $45 this is a nice add to the cellar.

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