Chateau Lagrange 2018
Product details
| Management number | 253498177 | Release Date | 2026/10/24 | List Price | CA$61.25 | Model Number | 253498177 | ||
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Chateau Lagrange is a distinguished Saint Julien Grand Cru Classe celebrated for its balance, refinement, and exceptional aging potential. Aromas of blackcurrant, blackberry, cedar, graphite, violet, and subtle spice lead to a polished palate with silky tannins, vibrant freshness, and a long, elegant finish.
Food Pairing: Pair with roast lamb, beef tenderloin, duck breast, venison, mushroom dishes, or aged Comte for a classic Left Bank Bordeaux experience.
97 Points - Jeb Dunnuck
The flagship 2018 Château Lagrange is a denser, more backward and serious wine, offering an unevolved yet incredibly promising bouquet of cassis, black currants, scorched earth, graphite and violets. A big, rich, full-bodied Saint-Julien, it delivers thrilling purity of fruit, plenty of background oak, ripe, silky tannins and a great mid-palate. This is serious stuff, but it's going to require patience. Hide bottles for 7–8 years, count yourself lucky, and enjoy over the following two decades.
95 Points - Robert Parker's Wine Advocate
Medium to deep garnet-purple in color, the 2018 Château Lagrange explodes from the glass with bombastic notes of crème de cassis, chocolate-covered cherries and baked red and black plums, with suggestions of rose oil, cedar chest, pencil lead and hoisin. Medium- to full-bodied, the palate has fantastic vibrancy for the ripeness, packed with juicy black fruits and compelling tension, supported by a finely grained texture and finishing on a lingering mineral note. Nicely done!
94 Points - Decanter
Beautiful reflections run through the body of this wine, with fresh acidity and an attractive sense of lift across the palate, although the fruit is a little subdued right now. As it opens, it reveals damson and bilberry. There is a real tannic frame and build-up on the finish, showing just how concentrated these dark fruits are.
94 Points - Wine Enthusiast
This smoky wine still shows some wood-aging influence. Its structure comes from the oak as well as the rich blackberry-fruit tannins and concentration. The succulent Cabernet Sauvignon is ripe and full. It needs time, so drink from 2026.
93 Points - James Suckling
Extremely perfumed with currant, blackberry and floral aromas. Medium- to full-bodied, with firm, creamy tannins that frame pretty, elegant fruit for the vintage. Try after 2024.
93 Points - Wine Spectator
This has a notable tobacco and bay leaf profile out front, followed by bramble-textured, gently mulled plum and black cherry fruit.
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