WineMine Description
MyWineMine gives this wine a score of 793; underperforming the average for the sub-region in 2009 which is 847. The average score for Château Lagrange (St Julien) is 901, 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 2009 shares most of these characteristics. People use these words to describe the 2009 but no other wine from Château Lagrange (St Julien): Grained, Minty, Wait, Reserved, Tingle, Minerally, Espresso, Backbone, Firmer, Cashmere. The wine has been ready to drink for 1 years (since 2015) 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 Lafite Rothschild 2008, Château Latour 2003, Château Ausone 2010, Château Batailley 2010, Château Haut-Brion 2010; but better value alternatives would be Château Grand-Puy-Lacoste 2008, Château Palmer 2012, Château Lynch-Bages 2011, Château Rauzan-Ségla 2012, Les Forts de Latour 2009.
MyWineMine has compared this wine to all others it has scored; this wine offers very low value for money when looking at the price per point of MyWineMine Score. This wine is in the bottom 10% of wines by value; you might very well be paying for the name, rather than the wine.
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Prices & Deals for Château Lagrange (St Julien) 2009
| Date |
Currency |
Price |
| 2016-02-02 |
gbp |
34 |
| 2016-01-24 |
gbp |
812 |