WineMine Description
MyWineMine gives this wine a score of 876; underperforming the average for the sub-region in 2005 which is 882. The average score for Château Lagrange (St Julien) is 898, making this a below 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 2005 shares most of these characteristics. People use these words to describe the 2005 but no other wine from Château Lagrange (St Julien): Opulent, Olives, Densely, Saturated. The wine has roughly a similar level of alcohol for the producer (13% vs 12.5%); it has average levels of alcohol for the region in 2005 (13% vs 13.1%). The wine has been ready to drink for 4 years (since 2012) and should be consumed within the next 9 years (by 2025). 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 Pontet-Canet 2005, Château Cos d’Estournel 2005, Château Mouton Rothschild 2006, Château Batailley 2010, Château Rauzan-Ségla 2005; but better value alternatives would be Château Branaire-Ducru 2010, Château Léoville-Barton 2008, Château Léoville-Poyferré 2004, Château Gloria 2009, Château Pontet-Canet 2007.
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) 2005
| Date |
Currency |
Price |
| 2016-02-02 |
gbp |
56 |