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97 Pts, Jeb Dunnuck – 95 Pts, Parker’s Wine Advocate
This is a very special bottling made by a special winery. Grapes have been grown at Chateau Lagrange in Saint-Julien for over 600 years. They were awarded Grand Cru Classe and named a Third Growth in the Bordeaux Classification of 1855. Stretching over two Gunzian gravel slopes, the vineyard is sprawled out along the highest points of Saint-Julien. The place is absolutely drop-dead gorgeous. Their winemaking facilities are nothing short of immaculate.
In 2018, the Chateau’s flagship wine dazzles — this is one of the best in the Left Bank in 2018, period. It thoroughly WOWed all the expert reviewers who came in its path, seeing nothing lower than a 93-point score from all six who reviewed it! This Left Bank blend consisting of 67% Cabernet Sauvignon, 28% Merlot, 5% Petit Verdot is still very young, but is already showing it’s going to be one of the better wines made at this estate in the past few decades. Critics are already comparing the blend to 2009. Super high praise that remains to be seen. What is known for sure is that this is still an infant- but no doubt, a beautifully built monster in the making.
97 points from Jeb Dunnuck who detailed, “a big, rich, full-bodied Saint-Julien, it delivers thrilling purity of fruit, plenty of background oak, ripe, silky tannins, and a great mid-palate”. Parker’s Wine Advocate also went gaga for it giving it a 95-point score and highlighting its, “fantastic vibrancy” and an “explosion from the glass” before wrapping up the review with a, “Nicely done!”.
Half Bottle Bordeaux is super fun to collect. I’d recommend buying at least a handful of this beauty and drinking them every so often to see how they’re progressing. This is one of the stars of the vintage and will remind you of that fact every time you pop one of these open for years and years to come. If I had to take a guess, I’d say this will hit it’s peak from 2025-2033. Enjoy em!
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97 Points, Jeb Dunnuck
The flagship 2018 Château Lagrange is a more dense, backward, serious wine, offering an unevolved yet incredibly promising bouquet of cassis, blackcurrants, scorched earth, graphite, and violets. A big, rich, full-bodied Saint-Julien, it delivers thrilling purity of fruit, plenty of background oak, ripe, silky tannins, and a great mid-palate. This is serious stuff, but it’s going to require patience. Hide bottles for 7-8 years, count yourself lucky, and enjoy over the following two decades.
95 Points, Parker’s Wine Advocate
Medium to deep garnet-purple colored, the 2018 Lagrange explodes from the glass with bombastic notes of crème de cassis, chocolate-covered cherries and baked red and black plums with suggestions of rose oil, cedar chest, pencil lead and hoisin. Medium to full-bodied, the palate has fantastic vibrancy for the ripeness, packed with juicy black fruits and compelling tension with a finely grained texture to support, finishing on a lingering mineral note. Nicely done!
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Winemaker Kian Tavakoli (Opus One, Clos du Val) continues to excel even while others struggle. In 2017, he still managed to deliver a beautiful and opulent Napa Valley Cabernet that’s both dark and juicy. The wine hails from both Coombsville and Rutherford, giving it distinct characteristics and a lot of drive. Deep ruby to the rim with excellent concentration, notes of Bing cherries, raspberry pie and hints of vanilla. On the palate, big wonderfully jammy fruit with young but impressive tannins and great length. The finish leaves notes of black cherry, and baked blueberry pie. Fantastic Napa value.
At J Vineyards, Nicole is nothing short of a magician, making 30 different skus or more each vintage between her Pinots, Chardonnays, and Sparkling wines. For the vineyard’s flagship Russian River Valley Pinot Noir, up to 100 individual small lots are combined to make this great wine. Somehow, the blend is effortless–a quintessential RRV Pinot that has those soaring aromatics, bright red fruits, clove, and nutmeg spice with perfect balance.
95 Points, James Suckling – 94 Points, Wine Spectator – 93 Points, Wine Enthusiast
The new release is here from outstanding winemaking team of Michel Rolland, Charles Thomas, Andy Erickson and David Jelenik. This one always represents one of the best quality-to-price ratios in all of Napa Cab and in the stellar 2021 vintage, this really stands out as one of the best the Valley has to offer. It’s a racy mix of Coombsville fruit from Atlas Peak that absolutely roars out of the bottle. Always one of Napa’s great bargains and a must have even as the price starts to sneak up here a little bit.
The secret to Philippe’s tightly wound, complex Pinot Noir is a combo of ancient vines, natural farming techniques, and low yields. The wines are built to age, with incredible tension and length. And the secret to me securing his other-wordly 2017 old-vine Gevry-Chambertin can be chalked up to a great relationship and over a decade supporting superior Burgundian winemaking. The wine is scary good. The nose is wild, filled with spiced dark raspberries, red flowers, and baking spices. The palate is elegant and racy, with a dynamic tension that runs right through its minute-long finish. This is a high-toned, wound-up Pinot, that is starting to hit its prime and is really turning out to be a ‘must-have’ for true Burgundy lovers.
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