Robert Parker Wine Advocate

The 2016 Lagrange is a blend of 70% Cabernet Sauvignon, 24% Merlot and 6% Petit Verdot that is matured in 50% new oak. The yield came in at 46.5 hectoliters per hectare, lower than in 2015. It has a very well defined bouquet with intense black cherry, red plum, touches of cedar and with continued aeration, a hint of blueberry. It certainly is one of the most expressive Lagrange that I have tasted (and I write that having tasted them all back to the early 1980s). The palate is extremely well balanced with tensile tannin, vibrant and animated with blackberry, crème de cassis, a hint of orange zest. This is a great Lagrange, one that almost

James Suckling

The best wine from this château in many years! A huge, dramatic, blackcurrant and wild-blackberry nose and the first impression on the palate is every bit as intense. Nice acidity lifts this massive structure and keeps the imposing finish so fresh. Drink or hold.

Andreas Larsson - Tasted

The nose is elegant , aromatic , racy and offers a fine concentration/ richness , a beautiful finesse of the grain as well as a small power. It reveals notes of cassis, Floral and lifted nose, violet with red and dark fruit like wild berries, fine oak and tobacco hints. Classically built with a firm core of tannin, fresh dark berry notes, aromatic herbs like sage and mint with tobacco and a long lingering finish.

VertdeVin

The nose is elegant , aromatic , racy and offers a fine concentration/ richness , a beautiful finesse of the grain as well as a small power. It reveals notes of cassis, crunchy wild red berries and more slightly blackberry associated with touches of wild strawberry , violet, liquorice as well as hints of Timut pepper , toasted , sweet spices and a very discreet hint of fresh nutmeg . The palate is fresh , fruity , mineral , well-balanced , beautifully racy and offers a good definition , a beautiful finesse of the grain/structure, a fine suavity , finesse, a fine gourmandize , a very fine unctuosity , a racy minerality , a a beautiful crunchy /ripe fruit as well as an acidulous frame. On the palate this wine expresses notes of crunchy / acidulous red berries , crunchy / acidulous cassis and more slightly wild strawberry associated with touches of blackberry , fine hints of toasted , crunchy raspberry , fresh flowers / racy minerality as well as discreet hints of Bourbon vanilla and sweet spices . Tannins are elegant . Good length and persistence . There are hints of chocolate and toasted almond / hazelnut on the persistence . The persistence is gourmand and appetente .

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