Chateau Lagrange 3. Cru Classé Saint-Julien 2019 i trækasse

Decanter

Dark plum in colour, medium intensity, this is sleek, well-defined and has an extremely pure expression of cassis fruit. Just enormously elegant, with tons of St Julien balance, and fine tannins that are sure to take it through the next few decades with ease. I love this wine, one of the most enjoyable of the vintage in St Julien, with a strikingly seductive texture. Tasted twice two weeks apart, sure to become a standout with some bottle age. When you look at the figures (which I only did after tasting) you start to understand why this is so good - highest level of Cabernet in the estate's recent history, longest harvest ever through to October 14, and only 1/3 of overall production in the 1st wine, lowest amount to date. Whatever they are doing, they are getting it right.

Jeb Dunnuck

While I don't think the 2019 Château Lagrange matches the 2018, it's not far off, with a more elegant yet still concentrated style. Beautiful crème de cassis, spicy oak, tobacco, chocolate, and new saddle leather notes all emerge on the nose, and it stays tight, compact, and focused on the palate, with plenty of firm tannins. It opens up beautifully with time in the glass but merits 4-6 years of bottle age, and it should evolve for 20-25 years or more.

Vinous

The 2019 Lagrange, which was picked over the longest period ever, has a compelling bouquet of beautifully defined black fruit laced with cedar and light graphite notes. The palate is smooth, fresh and vibrant, with great depth, perfectly judged acidity and a brilliantly focused finish. Winemaker Mathieu Bordes has crafted the best Lagrange in recent years, a benchmark for the estate.

Robert Parker

The 2019 Lagrange has turned out beautifully in bottle, wafting from the glass with aromas of cherries, blackberries and cassis mingled with hints of loamy soil, pencil shavings and bay leaf. Medium to full-bodied, fleshy and enveloping, with an ample core of lively fruit, powdery tannins and succulent acids, it's suave and seamless, concluding with a long, expansive finish. The result of an extremely rigorous selection, and incorporating fully 80% Cabernet Sauvignon, this is the finest wine this château has produced in the modern era. Remarkably, it was released at the same price en primeur as the 2005!

Jeff Leve, The Wine Cellar Insider

Jane Anson

Tastingbook.com

The Wine Cellar Insider - Jeff Leve

Medium-bodied, elegant and fresh, this is fabulous from the get go. The nose, with its display of cigar box, black currants and cedar is just great and the wine is even better on the palate with its display of soft-textured, vibrant, sweet, red fruits which show off their purity and freshness with ease. This is another gem showing much better in the bottle than it did in the barrel. They have really been on a roll here at Lagrange since 2015 and 2019 could be their best vintage yet!

Jane Anson, Inside Bordeaux

Alexandre Ma

Lagrange 2019 comes out in an ascetic manner like always. The fruity nose is purely clear yet slightly implicit. The delicate fragrance of cherry and mixed berries flies out with a hint of cocoa powder after swirling the glass. The juicy entry is embraced by powerful tannins, but thanks to its densely creamy texture, I can't feel any heaviness but the outstanding balance from start to finish.

Antonio Galloni

A deep, fleshy Saint-Julien, the 2019 Lagrange builds beautifully with time in the glass. Sweet red/purplish berry fruit, rose petal, sage, mint, lavender and cinnamon are finely delineated, and yet this mid-weight Saint-Julien impresses with its super finessed personality. The 2019 is so inviting. It is an especially fine Lagrange. Tasted two times.

James Suckling

Aromas of blackcurrants, sandalwood and rose petals. Medium-to full-bodied with linear tannins that are racy and refined, yet forceful. Fine tannins at the end. Best after 2024.

Andreas Larsson, Tasted

Bright inky purple colour. Youthful and nuanced nose offering fine oak, toast, cigar box, crème de cassis, black cherry and violet notes. Very good grip on the palate, ripe and unctuous fruit with grainy young tannin, dark chocolate shavings, fine spices and a well maintained freshness leading to a long and digest finish.

Markus del Monego MW

Bettane & Desseauve

Vert de Vin Magazine

The nose is fruity and offers richness, a beautiful racy power and a beautiful fine grain. It reveals notes of crushed wild cassis, fleshy wild blackberry, small notes of sichuan pepper associated with touches of fleshy wild strawberry, small crushed wild red berries, violet, lily as well as hints of violet plum, liquorice and chocolate. The palate is fruity, mineral, well-balanced and offers a beautiful definition, an acidulous fine frame, power and a beautiful suavity. On the palate this wine expresses notes of fleshy/juicy cassis, juicy raspberry, small notes of crushed blackberry associated with fine touches of crunchy/juicy red cherry, juicy/crunchy violet plum, violet as well as very fine hints of chocolate, vanilla and a very discreet hint of mild tobacco.

Wine Enthusiast

This full-bodied wine is open in style, with lashings of rich black fruits alongside dense tannins. This is a wine for some long-term aging.