Chateau LAGRANGE 2020
Château Lagrange is located in Saint-Julien , in the Bordeaux region. It was classified Third Grand Cru Classé in the classification of 1855. In 1790 Jean-Valère Cabarrus, shipowner and influential merchant, invested in the property and built its commercial distribution. He had Visconti build the Tuscan Tower in 1820, which has become the emblem of Château Lagrange. The Japanese group Suntory , under the impetus of its president Keizo Saji, acquired the estate in 1983. Marcel Ducasse was then recruited alongside Kenji Suzuta to lead this in-depth restructuring of the vineyard and begin the renovation of the estate. Today a new duo, Matthieu Bordes and Keiichi Shiina , is pursuing a second phase of investments. Of the total area of the property of 157 hectares, 118 hectares are planted with vines.
Château Lagrange 2020 is a blend of Cabernet Sauvignon (74%), Merlot (24%) and Petit Verdot (2%) . The grapes are picked by hand in individual crates; a first selection is made by hand in whole bunches, and a second grape by grape with an optical camera. Vinification is by plot, with 102 thermo-regulated stainless steel vats for 103 plots of vines. The batch is selected according to the grape variety, the age of the vines, the terroir and the maturity of the grapes. The vinification is traditional, with daily moderate pumping over or pigeage. The final wine is aged for 21 months in barrels , 50% of which are new.
For Bordeaux, the 2020 vintage promises to be excellent, despite one of the most trying years in recent history. The Covid-19 pandemic posed various challenges during the growing season, harvest and en prime campaign, as new sanitary protocols had to be observed. Although the growing season saw some rain, it was the dry spells that took over, concentrating the grapes and creating a harvest with the potential to produce rich, intense wines . Overall yields were slightly below average, but fruit was generally healthy and of high quality .
Grapes: 74% Cabernet Sauvignon, 24% Merlot, 2% Petit Verdot
