Chateau Lagrange - 2005
Chateau Lagrange - 2005
Chateau Lagrange - 2005
Chateau Lagrange - 2005
Blend
46% Cabernet Sauvignon
45% Merlot
9% Petit Verdot
45% Merlot
9% Petit Verdot
Country
France
Region
Bordeaux
Appellation
Saint-Julien
UPC
0 15643 80781 7
0 15643 79260 1
0 15643 78353 1
0 15643 42452 6
1656DM-05
1656I-05
1656-05/6PK
1656-05
Weather Conditions
The year 2005 can be summarized in three words: drought, sunshine
and a large range of temperatures. In a normal year, the rainfalls in
Gironde represent on average 900 mm. In 2005, only 400 mm of rain
were recorded. This year will remain in all the wine-growers' memories because of the
exceptional weather conditions. Fresh mornings allowing to preserve acidity.
MISC
Total surface of the property: 157 hectares (390 acres)
Surface of the vineyard: 117 hectares (290 acres) of which 4h. in white vines
Red grapes: Cabernet Sauvignon 65%, Merlot 28%, Petit Verdot 7%
Planting density: 7,500 to 10,000 vines per hectare
White grapes: Sauvignon 60%, Semillon 30%, Muscadelle 10%
Soil: Two Gunzian gravel slopes
Viticulture: Short pruning, traditional ploughing and soil management.
Harvest: Hand picked grapes. Sorting out according to the grape varieties, the age of the vines, the plot maturity, and the type of the soils.
Fining: With egg whites, traditional racking with candle light.
General Manager: Bruno Eynard
Consultant Oenologist: Jaques and Eric Boissenot
Surface of the vineyard: 117 hectares (290 acres) of which 4h. in white vines
Red grapes: Cabernet Sauvignon 65%, Merlot 28%, Petit Verdot 7%
Planting density: 7,500 to 10,000 vines per hectare
White grapes: Sauvignon 60%, Semillon 30%, Muscadelle 10%
Soil: Two Gunzian gravel slopes
Viticulture: Short pruning, traditional ploughing and soil management.
Harvest: Hand picked grapes. Sorting out according to the grape varieties, the age of the vines, the plot maturity, and the type of the soils.
Fining: With egg whites, traditional racking with candle light.
General Manager: Bruno Eynard
Consultant Oenologist: Jaques and Eric Boissenot
Picking Dates
From September 21st to October 10th 2005.
The Chateau
The vast vineyard of Lagrange spreads over 117 uninterrupted hectares in Saint-Julien appellation. In 1855, its passionate and visionary owner, the Count Duchatel, contributed to its classification as a third growth. Today, the hard work that has begun in the 1980s, continues. The great care taken to the vineyard (yield control, harvest by hand) and the vinification plot by plot give birth each year to a rich and elegant wine, with a long ageing potential. The wne property is one of the very few in Medoc producing a white wine: Les Arums de Lagrange. Bruno Enyard and his team defend the principles of respect for environment, development of a unique site and exchange with people who have a passion for wine.
Tasting Notes
Sweet, toasty, oaky notes interwoven with hints of black
olives, blackberries, cassis, and spice box are found in this
densely saturated ruby/purple-hued 2005. While rich, with
impressive concentration and purity, it is also tanic, full-
bodied, and painfully backward and foreboding. This is
another long-term prospect that will require patience.
Tasting notes
Dark colour with ruby highlights for this great vintage with astonishing youth. The nose has truffled aromas
giving way to more fruity notes: cherry, black cherry, licorice and cedar notes. Evolution shows menthol notes.
The attack is rich and vibrant. The midpalate is suave with a pleasant freshness, the whole presents a harmony
and a rare elegance worthy of the greatest wines of Saint Julien
Weather Conditions
The year 2005 can be summarized in three words: drought, sunshine
and a large range of temperatures. In a normal year, the rainfalls in
Gironde represent on average 900 mm. In 2005, only 400 mm of rain
were recorded. This year will remain in all the wine-growers' memories because of the
exceptional weather conditions. Fresh mornings allowing to preserve acidity.
Tasting Notes
Sweet, toasty, oaky notes interwoven with hints of black
olives, blackberries, cassis, and spice box are found in this
densely saturated ruby/purple-hued 2005. While rich, with
impressive concentration and purity, it is also tanic, full-
bodied, and painfully backward and foreboding. This is
another long-term prospect that will require patience.
Picking Dates
From September 21st to October 10th 2005.
Tasting notes
Dark colour with ruby highlights for this great vintage with astonishing youth. The nose has truffled aromas
giving way to more fruity notes: cherry, black cherry, licorice and cedar notes. Evolution shows menthol notes.
The attack is rich and vibrant. The midpalate is suave with a pleasant freshness, the whole presents a harmony
and a rare elegance worthy of the greatest wines of Saint Julien
Picking Dates
From September 21st to October 10th 2005.
Weather Conditions
The year 2005 can be summarized in three words: drought, sunshine
and a large range of temperatures. In a normal year, the rainfalls in
Gironde represent on average 900 mm. In 2005, only 400 mm of rain
were recorded. This year will remain in all the wine-growers' memories because of the
exceptional weather conditions. Fresh mornings allowing to preserve acidity.
Tasting Notes
Sweet, toasty, oaky notes interwoven with hints of black
olives, blackberries, cassis, and spice box are found in this
densely saturated ruby/purple-hued 2005. While rich, with
impressive concentration and purity, it is also tanic, full-
bodied, and painfully backward and foreboding. This is
another long-term prospect that will require patience.
Weather Conditions
The year 2005 can be summarized in three words: drought, sunshine
and a large range of temperatures. In a normal year, the rainfalls in
Gironde represent on average 900 mm. In 2005, only 400 mm of rain
were recorded. This year will remain in all the wine-growers' memories because of the
exceptional weather conditions. Fresh mornings allowing to preserve acidity.
Tasting Notes
Sweet, toasty, oaky notes interwoven with hints of black
olives, blackberries, cassis, and spice box are found in this
densely saturated ruby/purple-hued 2005. While rich, with
impressive concentration and purity, it is also tanic, full-
bodied, and painfully backward and foreboding. This is
another long-term prospect that will require patience.
Picking Dates
From September 21st to October 10th 2005.
Ageing
Blending in January. Maturation for 21 months. 60 % of new oak barrels.
Fining in barrel with fresh egg whites.
Final blending before bottling.
Tasting notes
Dark colour with ruby highlights for this great vintage with astonishing youth. The nose has truffled aromas
giving way to more fruity notes: cherry, black cherry, licorice and cedar notes. Evolution shows menthol notes.
The attack is rich and vibrant. The midpalate is suave with a pleasant freshness, the whole presents a harmony
and a rare elegance worthy of the greatest wines of Saint Julien
Vinification
Plot by plot and intra plot vinification.
102 thermoregulated
stainless steel vats for 103 vine plots.
Variable capacity of the vats : 36 to 220 hl.
Selection of batch conducted according to the varietal, age of vines,
terroir and grapes maturity.
Traditional vinification at 26-28C during 18 to 25 days.
Moderate pumping over every day, or pigeage or delestage.
Malolactic fermentation through co inoculation.