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Vintage | Wine 1986 |
Classification | Médoc - 3ème Cru Classé |
Region | Bordeaux |
Appellation | Saint Julien |
Colour | Red |
Volume | 0.75 l |
Country | France |
Château | Château Saint Julien Lagrange |
Country | France |
DOMAINE DE LA ROMANEE CONTI 1986
Richebourg
Pauillac
Pomerol
DUBREUIL FONTAINE Iles des Vergelesses 1986
Pernand Vergelesses
CHÂTEAU GRAND PUY DUCASSE 1986
Pauillac
Margaux
CHÂTEAU GRAND CORBIN DESPAGNE 1986
Saint Emilion
CHÂTEAU MOUTON BARONNE PHILIPPE 1986
Pauillac
Haut Medoc
On its tenth anniversary a lovely, rich, velvety colour; harmonious bouquet though tannin detectable; surprisingly sweet, good fruit, lovely texture and flabour. Complete. Without wishing to be condescending, an unpredicted high mark.
(1-1998) Here is a classic example of a wine that is showing significantly more complexity and richness from the bottle than out of cask, although it was certainly a potentially outstanding wine when tasted from the barrel. In a vintage that produced a number of enormously structured, rich, concentrated wines, Lagrange is a blockbuster wine that seems capable of lasting 30-35 years. Blackruby in color, with a closed-but-burgeoning bouquet of spicy new oak, black fruits, and flowers, this muscular, full-bodied, tannic wine is packed with fruit, and is clearly one of the great long-distance runners from this vintage. I admire how the significant investment made by the Japanese owners in this property has paid off with a thrilling, albeit amazingly backward, wine. The finest Lagrange to date!