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Chateau Lagrange2020

RED WINE

PUBLIC
September 2025
Prices and availability subject to confirmation
Chateau Lagrange label
  • Producer Chateau Lagrange
  • Blend 74% Cabernet Sauvignon
    24% Merlot
    2% Petit Verdot
  • Country France
  • Region Bordeaux
  • Appellation Saint-Julien
  • UPC 0 15643 70758 2

Reviews

James Suckling 94

Attractive nose of blackberries, blackcurrants, walnuts, ink and kaffir leaves. It's medium- to full-bodied, firm and structured, with chewy and tight tannins. Dark and intense, with a long and persistent finish. Turns to graphite and cedar. Needs time to open and soften.

by JS, James Suckling , 2023

Wine Enthusiast 93

This wine, with its red plum and spice flavors has an initial smoothness that is belied by the wine's dry, firm core. Its dark tannins are there to ensure a fine future.

by RV, Wine Enthusiast , 2021

Wine Spectator 92

Very sleek, with a racy iron edge driving through in lockstep with cassis and cherry coulis flavors. Reveals a subtle black tea accent on the finish, with the minerality eventually holding center stage. Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot and Petit Verdot.

by JM, Wine Spectator , 2022

Wine Advocate 94-96

Deep purple-black in color, the 2020 Lagrange leaps from the glass with vibrant notes of redcurrant jelly, ripe blackcurrants and minted blackberries, followed by nuances of dark chocolate, star anise and mossy tree bark. The medium-bodied palate is both super intense and super elegant, featuring exquisitely ripe, fine-grained tannins and seamless freshness to frame the bright, crunchy black and red fruits, finishing long and mineral laced.

by LPB, Wine Advocate , 2021

Technical Details

Ageing

Blending in January. Maturation for 21 months. 50 % of new oak barrels. Fining in barrel with fresh egg whites. Final blending before bottling.

Tasting notes

The 2020 is the smallest crop we harvested in 30 years. The extraordinary freshness in this wine, produced in the hottest vintage in modern history, is real proof of the buffer effect of our terroir. The precision of the fruit transpires, with lovely notes of black cherry, blackcurrant and liquorice. The tense tannic structure is reminiscent of the great 2010, with a more creamy, smoother midpalate. A focused, finely tuned, expressive wine showing great purity.

Vinification

Plot by plot and intra plot vinification. 102 thermoregulated stainless steel vats for 103 vine plots. Variable capacity of the vats : 36 to 220 hl. Selection of batch conducted according to the varietal, age of vines, terroir and grapes maturity. Traditional vinification at 26-28C during 18 to 25 days. Moderate pumping over every day, or pigeage or delestage. Malolactic fermentation through co inoculation.