Checking in as a blend of 46% Cabernet Sauvignon, 41% Merlot, and 13% Petit Verdot, the 2023 Les Fiefs De Lagrange is the second wine of this notable Saint-Julien château and is a beautiful effort with considerable charm, accessibility, and elegance. Assorted darker red and black fruits, spicy wood, flowers, and graphite all shine on the nose, and it's medium-bodied, balanced, and already delicious on the palate. Drink bottles any time over the coming 10-12 years. Drink 2026-2037.

The 2023 Les Fiefs de Lagrange is a very beautiful, expressive second wine. Crushed flowers, bright red-toned fruit, cedar, pipe tobacco and mint lend notable energy and tension throughout. All the elements are so well balanced. This is pure and total sensuality.

Some 52% of the estate's production was consecrated to the 2023 Les Fiefs de Lagrange, an attractive, medium to full-bodied wine redolent of cassis, licorice and plums. With good depth at the core and sweet, powdery tannins, it's a vibrant Saint-Julien that will age with grace. A further 6% of Lagrange's output was bulked out to maintain the quality of this cuvée, and that shows.