2015 Château Lagrange

The 2015 Lagrange has a lovely, very finely delineated bouquet with blackberry, bilberry, cedar and light violet scents that err toward Margaux in style. The palate is medium-bodied with sapid black fruit. This is one of the few with finely chiselled tannins, dovetailing into a marine-tinged finish that is a joy. The 2015 is excellent. Tasted blind at the 2015 Bordeaux Ten-Year-On tasting at Farr Vintners.

Full bottle 1,326 g. Part of a special bottling of a series of vintages of Ch Lagrange in ancient oaks. This wine was matured in oak from a 350-year-old oak that is the twin of the oak used for ageing Ch Lagrange 2009 in this series. Healthy crimson. Florally fragrant with good presence in the mouth and tannins that are still quite grippy. No need to drink this for a while. Not as chunky nor as emphatic than some of its peers from this vintage, but it's still marked by the tannins of the vintage. (JR)