1970 Chateau Lagrange Saint Julien

1970 Chateau Lagrange Saint Julien

Came with a totally ruined and rundown label, but I never been bothered with the label, most importantly the fill was very decent with high shoulder (for a 50 year old wine, such fill was superb in my opinion). The cork was tightly intact although Duran uncorked it effortlessly. I then decanted the wine for 30 mins just to clear off some musty characters common with aged wines. Bouquet was filled with loads of musty wet cupboard initially but quickly blew off, replaced with powerful and bold bouquet. A sip and it reminded me of ripe cherries, quite surprising to find aged Bordeaux with such a character, more like a super tuscan wine. The gist of this wine was how young it was, it definitely tasted like a wine in the late 80s rather than a 50 year old wine that’s normally tired, no signs of an aged wine except the palate may lack some fruits. However, overall it’s a great and worthy experience.