Chateau Lagrange Saint-Julien 2005 web-published this one is only mildly

this one is only mildly bitter

the way it was done a century ago

with enough lift and pepper-spice to keep things lively

light and round

but the resulting alcohol bite trails behind the multi layered aromatics of the carefully crafted botanical blend

Chateau Lagrange Saint-Julien 2005 web-published this one is only mildlySaint Julien Third Growth Chateau Lagrange has been owned by Suntory since 1983, and decades of patient investment show in the consistency of the wines. The 2005 was born of one of Bordeaux's truly classical great vintages ripe but cool, structured but precise. Now twenty years on, it's settling into a beautiful drinking window: the primary fruit has folded into leather, cedar, and tobacco, the tannins are silky, and the structure still gives it years