Saint-Julien · vintage 2019
Why this vintage
- 95/100 from Wine Advocateand 5 other scores above 90/100.
- The 2019 vintage in Saint-JulienA hot end of summer after a rainy spring gave wines that hold ripeness and freshness together; the cabernets shine here.
Critic scores
- Wine Advocate95
- Vinous95
- Decanter94
- Wine Enthusiast94
- Wine Spectator93
- James Suckling90
The 2019 vintage in Saint-Julien
Vintage benchmark: 96/100 (appellation benchmark, not a score for this wine)
Vintage character: A hot end of summer after a rainy spring gave wines that hold ripeness and freshness together; the cabernets shine here.
Overall reading of the year’s season across Saint-Julien. An estate can depart from it sharply, in frost or hail years, where two neighbours did not make the same vintage. What this particular wine actually gave is on its technical sheet and in the scores above.
Tasting
The unique character of the terroir, combined with the know-how of the estate's teams, has transcended this vintage, which combines phenolic richness and fruit freshness, power and velvety texture.
With 80% Cabernet Sauvignon, the 2019 blend already takes its place in the estate's history.
The highly expressive nose opens on notes of morello cherry, blackcurrant and licorice. The palate proves silky and fleshy, carried by powerful, velvety tannins.
This 2019 vintage combines breed and elegance, in the image of the estate's iconic years, and shows remarkable cellaring potential.
Blend of the 2019 vintage
- 80 % Cabernet-sauvignon
- 18 % Merlot
- 2 % Petit verdot
Shares for this vintage, as recorded on the 2019 technical sheet. The vineyard itself is planted with 67 % cabernet sauvignon, 28 % merlot, 5 % petit verdot — a vintage blend departs from the area under vine as the year dictates.
Figures from the 2019 sheet
- 45 yrsVine age
- 150,000 bottlesProduction
Winemaking
Parcel and intra-parcel selection
102 temperature-controlled stainless steel vats for 103 vine parcels
Variable vat capacity: from 36 to 220 hl
Lots classified by grape variety, vine age, terroir and grape ripeness
Vinification at 26-28°C for 18 to 25 days
Moderate daily pump-over, or rack-and-return, or punching down
Malolactic fermentation by co-inoculation
Ageing
Ageing for 21 months
50% new barrels
Fining with egg whites in barrel
Final blend before bottling
Terroir
Lying entirely within the commune of Saint-Julien, the vineyard of Château Lagrange covers 108 ha of red-grape vines in a single block planted on two gravel rises running north-south. The estate has a clay-limestone subsoil and a silica-gravel soil, in a temperate oceanic climate.
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Texts and documents 2019
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Visuals
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Sheet checked on September 21, 2026. Technical data: the estate’s VinCod sheets. Critic scores: sources cited above, with their date. Vintage benchmarks and character: Compagnie Médocaine’s own editorial read. Soils and relief, where shown: the Compagnie Médocaine’s parcel survey and the Mapbox/IGN terrain model.