2002 Lagrange
France
Saint Julien
Bordeaux
Red
Bordeaux Blend
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2021 - 2030
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The team here carried out its usual green harvest in July, but Ducasse said he was still surprised by the size of the crop, which he described as "our biggest ever." It was necessary to send off some fruit to the distillery. The 2004 blend represents a 38% selection of the estate's fruit.
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Marcel Ducasse describes 2003 as a "normal" year, yielding a classic, structured wine without great concentration or density, especially compared to the estate's very strong 2002. Both vintages are carrying atypically high 13.3% alcohol. Ducasse pointed out that Lagrange is doing a much better job today of evaluating the quality of the tannins in its grapes. "In the old days, when we were much less sophisticated, we might have started the 2003 harvest at the end of August," he told me. "But we actually started on September 11." Ultimately the index of polyphenols in 2003 reached a high 71, but the tannins are not especially aggressive.
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"I've been in the wine business for 35 years, and 2002 was the first year when I didn't chaptalize or use any concentration technique for the cabernet sauvignon," said director Marcel Ducasse. Ducasse described the 2002 merlot as "correct," though he noted that grape sugars reached 14.6%. The petit verdot was uncommonly concentrated and ripe, "like a very good zinfandel," and Ducasse felt it contributed fullness to the blend. "The 2002 is atypical in its combination of fresh fruit with volume and concentration. We've really had three good years in a row," he added. "Wine lovers should start drinking the 2000 first, because it's opulent, unctuous and not at all aggressive."