Les Fiefs de Lagrange 2014
- Producer Chateau Lagrange
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Blend
52% Cabernet Sauvignon
41% Merlot
7% Petite Verdot - Country France
- Region Bordeaux
- Appellation Saint-Julien
- UPC 0 15643 47115 5
Vinous Media
90pt
Harvest
From 29th September to 13th October.
The harvest stretched over 23 days, a new record for Lagrange!
The harvest stretched over 23 days, a new record for Lagrange!
Weather
2014 will be remembered for its Indian summer, leading to over average temperatures and beautiful dry weather. The total rainfall between 16th August and 6th October was a mere 11mm.
Ageing
Air conditioned cellars with regulated hygrometry.
20 % of new oak barrels every year for Les Fiefs de Lagrange, maturing for 14 months.
Maturing with the bung on top for about 6 months (3 top-ups per week).
Supplementary maturing with the bung on the side with racking every 3 months.
Fining with fresh egg-white in vats.
Final blending before bottling.
20 % of new oak barrels every year for Les Fiefs de Lagrange, maturing for 14 months.
Maturing with the bung on top for about 6 months (3 top-ups per week).
Supplementary maturing with the bung on the side with racking every 3 months.
Fining with fresh egg-white in vats.
Final blending before bottling.
Tasting notes
Red in color with purple hues, a complex nose, with a
mouth that is "gourmande" is how to describe this great
vintage Fief! Cherry, blackcurrant, liquorice and pepper
aromas dominate the palate but also with a cool
roundness that brings with it a certain elegance. A long
finish for this wine whose vines have an average age of
35 years.
Vinification
The contents of vats are selected according to the grape
varieties, the age of the vines, the « terror » and the maturity.
102 vats : 220hl to 36hl stainless steel vats with cooling control.
Moderate pumping-over everyday; pigeage and pumping over.
Maceration of 15 days to 22 days.
Selection of free-run wine and of press win.
Fermentation malolactic by co-inoculation.
Blending selection of the « Grand Vin » (Chateau Lagrange) and the second wine (Les Fiefs de Lagrange) in February, following the harvesting.
Average age of the vine producing les Fiefs de Lagrange: 35 years old.
Moderate pumping-over everyday; pigeage and pumping over.
Maceration of 15 days to 22 days.
Selection of free-run wine and of press win.
Fermentation malolactic by co-inoculation.
Blending selection of the « Grand Vin » (Chateau Lagrange) and the second wine (Les Fiefs de Lagrange) in February, following the harvesting.
Average age of the vine producing les Fiefs de Lagrange: 35 years old.
Vintage
Unstable weather, with successive rainy and stormy periods, punctuated the
summer, although the last two weeks of July were hot and dry. The real Summer
arrived at last at the end of August. Once again the Bordeaux miracle brought
a smile back to the winegrowers' faces! The 5 weeks of heat and intense
sunlight that followed were going to make all the difference. Hot dry weather
settled in and Lagrange recorded only 7 mm of rain over 40 days! The Merlot
harvest began on 25th September, the Cabernet Sauvignon harvest began on
7th October and finished 17 October.
