1998 La Lagune
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The 1998 La Lagune provides more black than red fruit on the nose, though like many vintages from this era, there is a lack of energy and flair, a wine content to be “ordinary” instead of a great third growth. The palate is medium-bodied with grainy, slightly coarse tannin. Like the 1997 there is something quite lactic about this La Lagune and likewise I wonder whether it was heavily chaptalized since there is something a little ersatz on the finish. Tasted at the La Lagune vertical at the château.
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The good news is that this is an elegant, friendly wine. The bad news is that there is not much to it, and the finish is short and compressed. The wine reveals toasty new oak, moderately ripe cherry fruit, and sweet tannin, but there is little concentration or mid-palate in this good, middle-weight Bordeaux. Consume it over the next 7-8 years.
Lovely aromas of tobacco, cherry, plum and fresh mushrooms. Medium-bodied and soft-textured, with a meat, berry and vanilla aftertaste. Pleasant finish. Almost ready to drink. Best after 2002. 25,000 cases made.James Suckling, Wine Spectator 2001
The good news is that this is an elegant, friendly wine. The bad news is that there is not much to it, and the finish is short and compressed. The wine reveals toasty new oak, moderately ripe cherry fruit, and sweet tannin, but there is little concentration or mid-palate in this good, middle-weight Bordeaux. Consume it over the next 7-8 years. Apr 2000, www.robertparker.com
About the producer
A Third Growth, this Haut-Médoc estate has been owned by the Frey family since 2000. They’ve invested significantly in the vineyard, cellar and château itself, rapidly realising ambitious plans for the property.