The third Chateau Lagrange I've met

Now everyone is familiar with the Third Growth Chateau Lagrange in St Julien. This estate can trace its history back to the 17th Century, but its fortunes dwindled in the early 20th century, until it was bought by the Japanese liquor conglomerate Suntory in 1983, which invested and reinvigorated the estate. The second estate with the Lagrange name is sometimes also known as Chateau Lagrange a Pomerol, as it is indeed a Pomerol estate. It is amongst the first purchases of Jean Pierre Moueix in the 1950s, after the acquisition of Chx Magdelaine and La Fleur Petrus and before he slowly bought up the shares of Ch Petrus itself beginning in 1961. That estate produces rich Merlot based wines typical of fine Pomerol.

I met this third Lagrange at the Food Expo over the last weekend. This Lagrange comes from Lussac-St-Emilion, still on the Right Bank but a lesser known appellation than Pomerol. This Lussac Saint-Emilion estateis an old property once belonging to the Guimon family. Unfortunately, I have not found further information about this estate. Then again let's get back to the important thing, which is how did the wine taste? A purple ruby colour, with a closed slightly fruity nose, the wine was slightly savoury slightly tannic and a bit fruity on the palate, supported by an acid tannic backbone.