The best wine from this château in many years! A huge, dramatic, blackcurrant and wild-blackberry nose and the first impression on the palate is every bit as intense. Nice acidity lifts this massive structure and keeps the imposing finish so fresh.

Made from 70% Cabernet Sauvignon, 24% Merlot, and 6% Petit Verdot, the 2016 Lagrange is deep garnet-purple in color. It explodes with bombastic notions of blueberry pie, blackcurrant cordial, and chocolate-covered cherries followed by touches of garrigue, fragrant earth, candied violets, and licorice. The medium to full-bodied palate is chock full of juicy black fruits with a velvety texture and great tension, finishing long and spicy.

The Grand Vin 2016 Château Lagrange checks in 70% Cabernet Sauvignon, 24% Merlot, and the rest Petit Verdot brought up in equal parts new and used barrels. It shows the fresher, elegant style of the vintage and offers beautiful black cherry and cassis fruits intermixed with tobacco leaf, damp earth, and cedar. Medium to full-bodied, beautifully pure, seamless, and layered, it has a vibrant, tight texture, terrific tannin quality, and a great finish. It's a quintessential expression of this vintage.

The 2016 Lagrange has a boisterous, almost gregarious bouquet featuring layers of blackberry, boysenberry, violets and cassis scents that storm from the glass. Fortunately, it retains very good precision and delineation. The palate is medium-bodied with supple tannins and a fine bead of acidity. Fresh in the mouth, leading to a minerally finish; a pinch of cracked black pepper lingers on the aftertaste. Superb.

Light toasty nose. Appealing rather than really grand and intense. No one could object to this charmer.