2008 Château La Lagune, Cru Classé Haut-Médoc

2008 Château La Lagune, Cru Classé Haut-Médoc

Over the next quarter of a century, it will be interesting to see how this 2008 matches up with La Lagune’s prodigious 2005, the finest wine they have ever made. The opaque ruby/purple-tinged 2008 may be the second greatest wine yet produced here. Displaying sweet kirsch, black currant, cedar, smoke, and graphite aromas as well as an impressive thickness and glycerol richness, and a pure, nuanced character (because of the grapes’ long hang-time and the small yields), this remarkable effort is long, textured, and impeccably well-balanced. Give it 2-3 years of cellaring and drink it over the following 20-25. (92-94)

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Wine details

  • Region & country
    Haut-Médoc, Médoc, Bordeaux, France
  • Maturity
    Ready 2015 - 2026info
  • Colour
    Red
  • Sweetness
    Dry
  • Style
    Still
  • Unit Volume
    Bottle (75cl.)
  • ABV
    13.5%
  • Classification
    Cru Classé (Medoc & Sauternes)
Château La Lagune

La Lagune is rated as one of the top wines in the Haut-Médoc, a Third Growth château which consistently produces top-end claret. In the famous 1855 classification, it was the highest-ranked château from outside the Left Bank’s famous communes. The château was built in 1715 and the vines followed not long after, but by the 1950s it had fallen foul of the troubling economic times and was in need of significant investment.

Georges Brunet came to its rescue in 1954 and spent three busy years restoring the château and its vineyards back to its former glory. A continued period of investment followed, during which La Lagune was sold to Champagne Ayala followed by the Frey family where it remains today. La Lagune is the most southerly of the Grand Cru Classé estates and its south-facing gravel hillside is farmed organically; soon to be confirmed as biodynamic. Cabernet Sauvignon leads here, followed by Merlot and a touch of Petit Verdot.

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