WineMine Description
MyWineMine gives this wine a score of 940; outperforming the average for the sub-region in 1996 which is 903. The average score for Château Lagrange (St Julien) is 897, making this an above average effort for the producer.
When people talk about wines from Château Lagrange (St Julien) they use words like Balanced, Fruit, Oak, Rich, Tannins, Purple, Excellent, Cassis, Full, Long, Ripe, Black, Fine, Classic, Pure. The 1996 shares most of these characteristics. People use these words to describe the 1996 but no other wine from Château Lagrange (St Julien): Stylish, Grille. The wine has significantly lower levels of alcohol than this producer normally outputs (12% vs 13%); it has significantly lower levels of alcohol for the region in 1996 (12% vs 12.53%). The wine has been ready to drink for 10 years (since 2006) and should be consumed within the next 6 years (by 2022). It normally takes wines from Château Lagrange (St Julien) around 6 years to be ready to start drinking, and 12 further years to decline.
It represents good value compared to Château Lynch-Bages 2008, Château Cos d’Estournel 2005, Château Lafite Rothschild 2008, Château Margaux 2006, Château Lynch-Bages 2011; but better value alternatives would be Château Léoville-Poyferré 2004, Château Rauzan-Ségla 2012, Château Grand-Puy-Lacoste 2009, Château Branaire-Ducru 2010, Château Pontet-Canet 2008.
MyWineMine has compared this wine to all others it has scored; this wine offers average value for money when looking at the price per point of MyWineMine Score.
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Prices & Deals for Château Lagrange (St Julien) 1996
| Date |
Currency |
Price |
| 2015-12-08 |
gbp |
72 |