WBOTD Just the Good Stuff Why add this wine to your Collection / Cellar? Patience, Class & Accolades | Editors Choice Malbec Blend from Luxury brand connoisseur Alain Dominque Perrin of Cartier fame & World renown winemaker Michel Rolland Why now? Exclusive Luxury Wine for only $25 WBOTD Cellaring Worthiness Rating Expert Ratings 92WA | 92WE Editors Choice What is it? South West France Malbec Blend What’s in it? Malbec, Merlot, Tannat | ABV 14.5% When to drink? Now to 2028+ Pair with: Pairs w/Red Meat, Poultry, Cheese Serving Temp: 60-65°F Drink with: Friends & Family Occasion Whenever you want to be surprised by an unexpectedly great wine If you want to drink now... Preferably wait until 2020 | Decant 60 minutes Recommended purchase Qty: 6+ includes Free Shipping
Chevalier du Château Lagrézette Cahors 2015 | Editors Choice | Exclusive
92WA | Chevalier du Château Lagrézette Cahors 2015 displays Deep purple with a black core and richly stained legs. Nose redolent of fresh damson plum, black cherry, and violets, with notes of fresh-tilled earth, dried marjoram, and allspice. While it opens up after an hour to show a plush core of fruit framed by firm tannins. Finally leading to a complex floral and earthy finish. Drink now-2025.
92WE | Editors Choice | Fermented in oak, this is the second wine from the estate. While it has much of the fine concentration, the richness and the dark chocolate and black-fruit flavors of the first wine. But just with a softer hue. It is likely to develop relatively quickly and generously. Drink Chevalier du Château Lagrézette Cahors 2015 from 2019.
Exclusive Offering | From Michel Rolland
This is the only place you’ll find the Wine Enthusiast Editor’s Choice 2015 Chevalier du Château Lagrézette Cahors. From the estate that the magazine says produces “some of the finest Malbec in the world. Lagrézette’s first harvest was in 1503, and the estate’s glorious renewal began four decades ago after it wooed Alain Dominique Perrin, the man responsible for turning the Cartier brand into an essential global luxury. Perrin has dedicated 25 million euros to restoring the castle and grounds, replanting the vineyards, and modernizing the chais.
Most importantly, he has brought on Michel Rolland the world-renowned enologist. Michel has guided wineries like Harlan Estate, Valandraud, and Château Angélus. Deep purple with a black core, plush fruit, firm tannins and savory herbs. So this is Malbec at its best, ready to shine after a long decant, or few years in the cellar.
Château Lagrézette | Alain Dominique Perrin | Cartier, Montblanc, Baume & Mercier
Looking at Château Lagrézette now, after Alain Dominique Perrin’s decades-long, 25-million-euro renovation, it’s easy to see what he envisioned when he first laid eyes on the 500-year-old estate. While the ancient castle is resplendent, the gardens are manicured, and the vineyards are impeccably maintained. The fact that Perrin—whose luxury-brands empire includes Cartier, Montblanc, and Baume & Mercier—keeps a steady stream of A-list celebrities from around the world entertained at his château certainly doesn’t lessen the property’s allure.
Perrin commissions young artists to paint the labels for Château Lagrézette, a penchant that symbolizes how modernity and tradition come together at the estate. Nowhere is this more apparent than in the winemaking itself. Cahors has long been known as a rustic and tannic wine. But behind the centuries-old bâtiments of Lagrézette functions one of the most advanced wineries in France, and the man calling the shots in the cellar—the world-renowned enologist Michel Rolland—is well known for his ability to coax the natural charm out of even the most age-worthy wines.
