Saint-Julien · third growth (3e grand cru classé) in 1855
Château Lagrange: available vintages, prices and pairings
The grand vin and its second wine, Les Fiefs de Lagrange, vintage by vintage, with the format, the indicative price and what to expect from it today: ready to drink, or to keep. Tick what interests you, and the quote goes out with your selection.
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Two wines, one estate
Same estate, same team, two uses.
Château Lagrange
The grand vin. Mostly cabernet sauvignon, merlot, a little petit verdot. More than a hundred hectares in the west of the appellation, far from the river, on two gravel rises. Ready at around eight years, it holds for twenty-five in good years.
Les Fiefs de Lagrange
The second wine. Ready at around three or four years, at half the price of the grand vin: a Saint-Julien for a big table.
The Japanese group Suntory bought Lagrange in 1983, replanted and rebuilt the cellars: it's one of the most cited turnarounds in the Médoc. The estate also makes a white, Les Arums de Lagrange, under the Bordeaux appellation. The appellation's other châteaux are on the Saint-Julien wines page.
One of Lagrange's two rises of Günz gravel is the highest point in Saint-Julien. The soil is sandy gravel, the subsoil clay-limestone. The vineyard is divided into 103 plots, vinified separately in 102 vats, and its boundaries are those classified in 1855. The château's technical sheets describe 2016 as an exceptionally hot, dry summer, harvested from 3 to 27 October. 2019 gave the lightest berries seen in 36 years and a record blend of 80% cabernet sauvignon. 2020 is the estate's smallest harvest in thirty years, with a tension the winemaker compares to 2010.
What to serve it with
- Château Lagrange: rack of lamb (wine with lamb), game birds for vintages over fifteen years old (wine with game).
- Les Fiefs de Lagrange: grilled meats, duck breast (wine with duck), roast poultry (wine with poultry).
- With cheese: a Comté, an Ossau-Iraty (wine with cheese).
Which vintage for which occasion
For client gifts, a classified growth's wooden case of six or twelve can be handed over as it is: see year-end client gifts. For a seminar or a team meal, Les Fiefs, ready to drink. For a birthday, the year of birth (birth-year vintage).
Is Château Lagrange a classified growth?
Yes. It is a third growth (troisième grand cru classé) in the 1855 classification, in the Saint-Julien appellation. Les Fiefs de Lagrange, its second wine, and Les Arums, its white, are not classified.
Château Lagrange from Saint-Julien or from Pomerol?
Two châteaux bear this name. The one on this page is in Saint-Julien, a Médoc third growth. Château Lagrange in Pomerol, on the Right Bank, is a different estate, unconnected with it. The appellation on the label tells them apart.
When should you drink a Château Lagrange?
Allow eight years before opening it and twenty-five years of good form, a little more in a great year, a little less in a weak year or in half bottle; for Les Fiefs, three to twelve years. The table applies this rule to each line; it isn't a tasting note, and a badly stored bottle ages faster.
Are the prices shown the prices on the quote?
They are the indicative prices from the price list, incl. VAT, per bottle of the format, excluding delivery. The quote confirms the price, the availability of each vintage and the shipping; the delivery grid gives lead times. For a vintage not in the table, the quote request is still open.