2012 Chateau Lagrange 3. Cru

France / Bordeaux / Medoc / Haut-Medoc / Saint-Julien 3. Cru Rouge
 
2012 Château Lagrange 3. Cru is dark red with tangy notes of cassis and black cherry. The nose is very expressive.
The palate is silky, smooth, almost creamy. A very harmonious and balanced wine that impresses with the characteristic elegance of the vintage.
Consultant oenologist: Éric Boissenot.
 
Expert tasting notes: "Deep, dark, ruby-red colour. Quite a closed pencil-shaving, graphite, and cassis nose. The palate has clean cassis and graphite notes but is a little closed and linear. There is balanced alcohol and the tannins close it up quickly. Hopefully it will open nicely given time".
 
Blend:
67% Cabernet Sauvignon, 30% Merlot, 3% Petit Verdot.

Average age of the vine: 
40 years.
 
Ratings vintage 2012:
Wine Enthusiast: 94/100.
 
Completely situated in the village of Saint-Julien, the vineyard of Château Lagrange represents 118 hectares in red vines, spread over two hills with the slopes directed towards the North and the South, in one block. The subsoil is of clay and limestone and the topsoil is of pebbles and gravel. The climate is temperate and oceanic.

There are three Bordeaux Château called Lagrange – this one in Saint-Julien, one in Graves, and the third in Pomerol.