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Ch Lagrange 2006 St-Julien

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From €21.90, $35.99, Sw Fr 41, £32.64

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The big blind tasting of more than 200 significant 2006 bordeaux that I undertook in Southwold a couple of weeks ago served to confirm my admiration for the improvements that have been made at Château Lagrange in St-Julien in the Médoc. Recent vintages are certainly bearing fruit, while having no shortage of fine tannins. Ho, ho.

Designated a third growth in the famous 1855 classification of the Médoc and Graves, Lagrange was acquired by the Japanese liquor company Suntory in 1984 and was run with great aplomb for many years...