2019 CHATEAU LA LAGUNE

HAUT-MEDOC

“...this is seriously good quality...”

94 POINTS - JANE ANSON, DECANTER

In what is turning out to be the busiest day of the campaign so far, we wanted to offer a serious value option from Third Growth, Chateau La Lagune - the highest ranked Haut-Medoc in the 1855 Classification.

Chateau La Lagune has produced a stunning wine in 2019, released at £150 per six bottles in bond, which is the lowest priced En Primeur release from the estate since 2008.

This too often forgotten Third Growth has had a tough time of late. In 2018 they produced no wine at all after their entire crop was wiped out by hail. The previous year volumes were massively affected by the frosts. Yet despite the difficulties, the quality of its terroir is unmistakable when the vintage conditions are right, producing great wines, most notably in 2005, 2010 and 2016. In terms of quality, the 2019 is looking to eclipse all of these, receiving 94 points from Decanter's Jane Anson, she describes how it has captured the energy of the vintage: "Clear energy and tension through the body of the wine without the slightest dip in the mid palate... this is seriously good quality."

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"The 2019 La Lagune has a finely chiseled bouquet, a mélange of red and black fruit, touches of damp clay, undergrowth and cedar developing with time. These aromatics are very nuanced and deserve time, not impactful but intellectual. The palate is medium-bodied with fine but firm tannins. Very linear and correct in style, it feels fresh and sapid, though I would have liked more flair to show through on the saline finish. Still, I like the grip and I suspect it will give 25-30 years drinking pleasure. (June 2020), drink from 2025-2050"

92-94 POINTS - NEAL MARTIN, VINOUS

"This shows very good concentration of ripe fruit in the center palate with medium body, ripe tannins and a wet-earth, berry and bark aftertaste. Lots of tannins and structure at the end. Solid. From organically grown grapes."

94-95 POINTS - JAMES SUCKLING

"Full intensity plum colour, highly attractive aromatics that float up as soon as it hits the glass. Clear energy and tension through the body of the wine without the slightest dip in the mid palate. Not the most exuberant of the classified growths but this is seriously good quality, tight cassis and fine tannins. Organic certified, in conversion to biodynamics. Drinking Window 2028 - 2040"

94 POINTS - JANE ANSON, DECANTER

92-94 POINTS - NEAL MARTIN, VINOUS

94 POINTS - JANE ANSON, DECANTER

92-94 POINTS - NEAL MARTIN, VINOUS

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