2024, Château Lagrange, SAINT-JULIEN, 3ème Grand Cru Classé

Last year EP $66.50-

Bordeaux Blend: Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot. 

This château is the largest of all the classed growths with 117 hectares of vines. Top quality Saint Julien has been produced here since the late 1980s when it was bought by the Suntory group of Japan.
2024 is 84% Cabernet Sauvignon, 10% Merlot.

A wonderful Lagrange from this challenging vintage. This has excellent depth and complexity, showing vivid berry fruit, blackcurrants, tapenade, spices and minerals. Crunchy and succulent with medium to full body and a long, succulent finish. Real poise.
94-95 James Suckling

Classically balanced St Julien, firm cassis and white peppers, enjoyable mid palate texture, slate textured tannins add grip and tension, successful in the vintage.
93 Jane Anson, Inside Bordeaux.

The 2024 Lagrange is medium-bodied and obviously driven by the dominant Cabernet, with grainy tannins and black fruit laced with graphite and cedar. Cohesive on the finish with just the right amount of sapidity, this is obviously not in the league of the benchmark 2022, but it constitutes a successful wine for the vintage. Drink: 2030-2050
90-92 Neal Martin, Vinous