Chateau Lagrange Saint-Julien 2009 tag about a day of skin

about a day of skin contact for color

This youngster has a layered nose of strawberry

framed by fine-grained tannins and plenty of freshness

with peppermint and aniseed

Chateau Lagrange Saint-Julien 2009 tag about a day of skinThe 2009 vintage in Bordeaux was the warm, opulent counterpart to the more classical 2005 generous, fleshy, fruit forward, with tannins that arrived ripe and round. Lagrange, the Saint Julien Third Growth owned by Suntory since 1983, produced a wine of real depth and density here. Sixteen years on, it has shed its early extravagance and entered a sweet spot: still plush and fruit driven, but with the secondary notes of mature Bordeaux starting to