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1976 Château Lagrange (St. Julien)
Red Bordeaux Blend
- France
- Bordeaux
- Médoc
- St. Julien
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Community Tasting Notes 4
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Guido L. wrote: 91 points
December 1, 2023 - That was a surprise from a rather difficult vintage. Nice old Bordeaux with a kind of Burgundian sweetness on the palate. We decanted the wine and drank the wine over 5 hours. The wine has not degraded over time.
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Loekkeboe wrote: flawed
October 15, 2016 - Nice old bordeaux. Classic nose with some not so nice mustyness. Not flawed just old.
Sweetly fruited palate, very smooth. -
Ian S wrote:
May 4, 2008 - Perhaps a shade better than the previous bottle.
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Ian S wrote:
December 15, 2007 - From a recent auction. Level a decent high shoulder, bottle significantly bin-soiled (this the worst bottle of the lot with label missing completely). Some evidence of leakage at top of cork, which with some encouragement came out in one piece, soaked the full length.
Colour is a reasonably bright slightly tawny claret, relatively weak at the rim.
Dominant mushroom aroma, with a faint whiff of coffee, with little change on swirling. The only fruit aroma is a background raspberry scent.
Little fruit left on the palate and to be truthful not much complexity. Acidity is nicely weighted and the net result is light & refreshing with a faint earthiness, but without anything to get at all excited over. Drinkable, but fading away for sure.
UPDATE: The night after (the half left in the bottle, simply recorked). On removing the cork, certainly more fruit. Still pretty lean and the touch of coffee/earthiness on the finish. Just a touch more fruit helps the balance though and it went very nicely with a smoked pheasant, salami & mushroom risotto. More enjoyable than just drinkable tonight.
Wine Definition
- Vintage 1976
- Type Red
- Producer Château Lagrange (St. Julien)
- Varietal Red Bordeaux Blend
- Designation n/a
- Vineyard n/a
- Country France
- Region Bordeaux
- SubRegion Médoc
- Appellation St. Julien
Community Holdings
- Pending Delivery 0 (0%)
- In Cellars 21 (64%)
- Consumed 12 (36%)
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- SubRegionMédoc
- AppellationSt. Julien
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