Château LAGRANGE 2011
Château Lagrange is located in Saint-Julien , in the Bordeaux region. It was classified Third Grand Cru Classé in the 1855 classification. In 1790 Jean-Valère Cabarrus, ship owner and influential merchant, invested in the property and built its commercial distribution. He had Visconti build the Tuscany Tower in 1820, which became the emblem of Château Lagrange. The Japanese group Suntory , under the leadership of its president Keizo Saji, acquired the estate in 1983. Marcel Ducasse was then recruited alongside Kenji Suzuta to lead this profound restructuring of the vineyard and begin the renovation of the estate. Today a new tandem, Matthieu Bordes and Keiichi Shiina , is continuing a second phase of investments. Of the total surface area of the property of 157 hectares, 118 hectares are planted with vines.
Château Lagrange 2011 is a blend of Cabernet Sauvignon (62%), Merlot (32%) and Petit Verdot (6%) . The grapes are picked by hand in individual boxes; a first selection is made by hand in whole clusters, and a second by optical camera. The vinification is plot-based, with 102 thermo-regulated stainless steel vats for 103 plots of vines. The selection of the lot is carried out according to the grape variety, the age of the vines, the terroir and the maturity of the grapes. The vinification is traditional, with moderate daily pumping over or punching down. The final wine is aged for 21 months in barrels, 60% of which are new.
Grape varieties: 62% Cabernet Sauvignon, 32% Merlot, 6% Petit Verdot