Chateau Lagrange Saint-Julien 2005 MENU where the Descombes also own

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Line it up next to their Cote-Rotie and you have a two-glass masterclass in what the Rhone actually is -- North versus South

For the Chardonnay

Delightfully complex

Chateau Lagrange Saint-Julien 2005 MENU where the Descombes also ownSaint 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