I am just rying to figure out how to cross post from CT ...it appears to work
this is so neat...............you guys that figured this out deserve a drink of good wine
rick
2002 Château Lagrange St. Julien - France, Bordeaux, Médoc, St. Julien (1/3/2009)
this wine has a lot of tannis and oak alomost to much to be enjoyable, after a couple of hours the fruit came to the surface , lots of chaulkiness, chewy cherries, medium lenght finish, dark color....will see how rest of bottle develops
I would think most of the 02 northern Medocs need a lot of time. I bought the Branaire, Clerc and S-M even though those wines were really tight on release. Tight, but tasty. There really wasn't an early drinking window. I think the Lafon Rochet drank the best of the bunch at the time. On the other hand the 02 Haut Bailly was really tender and delicious.
I hope that the 2002 lagrange has the fruit to outlive to large amount of oak used by Lagrange.
I consumed three bottles when they were still very young and at that stage there was still just enough fruit to counterbalance the oak. I still have nine bottles left and will leave them in the cellar for at least 5 more years and keep my fingers crossed that the wine will still be very much alive and balanced when I try them again.
Another vote for 2002 Lagrange. I tried it a couple of years back in Holland and immediately went out and bought a case. It should be a fine wine for medium-term drinking, and in my opinion is on a par with 2002 Leoville-Barton, another splendid wine.
I am much more worried about my case of 2003 Lagrange.
