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| Community Tasting Notes (average 91.6 pts. and median of 92 pts. in 106 notes) - hiding notes with no text | | | Tasted by MPB54 on 1/7/2024 & rated 90 points: Very nice Bordeaux. A little "light." Purchased a case in 1994 for $280. four left. (612 views) | | | Tasted by geoffreychambertin on 7/22/2023 & rated 91 points: Lovely, probably at peak as others are saying. (1196 views) | | | Tasted by Shugs_Claret on 4/2/2023 & rated 89 points: A little tired compared to other bottles. (1494 views) | | | Tasted by djhammond on 3/12/2023 & rated 94 points: An unexpected pleasant surprise, this is a wonderful example of a mature Bordeaux, and could not be mistaken for anything else. Packed with blackcurrant, mushroom, chocolate, and leather, the nose is still fresh. The palate has sweetened, and has good depth, but the finish is a little off balance and over acidic. This is still great value and highly recommended. I agree with Sussex GB that this only needs a pop and pour. (1636 views) | | | Tasted by ccn on 2/23/2023 & rated 93 points: Outstanding bottle, very fresh with great depth and length (1626 views) | | | Tasted by Sean Tay on 8/17/2022 & rated 95 points: Similar with previous note. Pronounced nose intensity with notes of mushroom, leather, toast, spices, cooked black fruits, medium+ acidity and medium+ tannin. Tannin is integrated. (2139 views) | | | Tasted by Shugs_Claret on 7/2/2022 & rated 94 points: Similar to last note. Excellent round palate with fully integrated tannins. Peak. (1772 views) | | | Tasted by OenophilistMN on 3/14/2022 & rated 91 points: Service and experience identical to my note of 3/18/2021. The wine is holding steady at this level. (1744 views) | | | Tasted by Coastalnative on 3/14/2022 & rated 94 points: Truly lovely wine. Deep crimson red color with ever so slight bricking at the rim. Dense core of dark red fruits with some saddle leather, cocoa and tobacco. With 30 years of age I was surprised to find mostly fruit still on the nose. Completely resolved tannins and a long finish. True Bordeaux and could not be mistaken for anything but Bordeaux. Although this has the stuffing to last a bit longer, I would drink now because the 1990 is in a perfect place if you have well stored bottles.
Side note: started to fall off after an hour but until that point (and even after) it was still excellent (1703 views) | | | Tasted by Sean Tay on 2/12/2022 & rated 96 points: Pronounced nose intensity with notes of mushroom, leather, toast, spices, cooked black fruits, medium+ acidity and medium+ tannin. Tannin is integrated. (1889 views) | | | Tasted by DrZett on 1/15/2022 & rated 94 points: Beautiful classic aged Bordeaux with amazing earthy aging notes and subtle red berry notes. Very fine and elegant. Lovely balance. Drink up within the next 5 years. (IG) (1462 views) | | | Tasted by Burgnick on 11/17/2021 & rated 92 points: Dark currants, tobacco, herbs and forest. Palate shows sweet fruit that is backed by lively acid. It is drinking wonderfully. (1817 views) | | | Tasted by SussexSB on 10/4/2021 & rated 94 points: A belter. PnP. Really elegant and what good old claret should be. Everything just so. Resolved tannins with svelte medium body, and a long finish. In its peak now and ahead of the 89 and 96. No rush, but this beautifully aged camphor/leather/drinking chocolate effort is fully integrated, revolved and at peace with itself. Delighted to have more left for the next 5 years if i can keep away from it. Will find some more. (1665 views) | | | Tasted by William Kelley on 10/1/2021: The 1990 La Lagune is a brilliant effort that outperforms in this vintage. Offering up a rich bouquet of blackberries, vine smoke, loamy soil and black truffle, mingled with subtle hints of cigar box, it's medium-bodied, ample and enveloping, with melting tannins, ripe acids and a long, expansive finish. This is an especially velvety, sensuous La Lagune that's à point today. (6103 views) | | | Tasted by Shugs_Claret on 9/30/2021 & rated 95 points: First bottle from an OWC bought at auction. Fabulous nose is expressive on popping the cork. Notes of dark fruits, red currant, mocha and mushroom. The wine is well balanced with ample acidity and a palate that exudes black fruits, tobacco, graphite and gamy notes. Finish is long and the tannins are completely integrated. Really welll done. (1610 views) | | | Tasted by Burgnick on 9/15/2021 & rated 92 points: First bottle from an owc I have recently acquired. Pop and pour. Dark fruit, tobacco, meat and forest. Palate is fresh and vibrant with round fruit. Drinking beautifully now at its peak with no signs of fading. Good provenance bottle can easily last for another decade. (1784 views) | | | Tasted by Jokermac on 5/7/2021 & rated 91 points: Deep garnet, some bricking; clear and opaque. Not much on the nose; hints of cedar and floral. Full bodied mouthfeel with balanced acidity, black pepper, smoked meats, and dark berry notes, with tobacco lingering on the finish. Yummy right out of the bottle with less than 30 minutes of decanting. (1721 views) | | | Tasted by OenophilistMN on 3/18/2021 & rated 91 points: One-hour decant through a screened funnel; some sediment stained the bottle and was caught in the screen. Cork was still perfect! During decant, wine was moderately fragrant of boysenberries. Wine was clear, garnet bowl lightening to a thin amber rim and a medium clear halo. In the glass: nose was a wonderful combination of mushrooms, forest floor, boysenberry and leather. In the mouth, tannins all gone; wine was smooth as silk. Mushrooms, tobacco and blueberry compote. Finish was moderately long with a leather end note. I had hoped for an enjoyable drinking experience, but the vitality and complexity of this wine exceeded all expectations! (1709 views) | | | Tasted by mhudes on 2/7/2021 & rated 94 points: Watching Super Bowl with Walter. Decanted for 3 hours. Served along side a 1989 La Lagune to accompany a savory pork loin roast that Walter had made. Dark ruby in color. Berries and leather om the nose.
Superb from the get-go in the mouth. Velvety yet complex. Evolved during the game, but remained at high level until consumed. Must be at peak. (1964 views) | | | Tasted by Perthor01 on 11/29/2020 & rated 90 points: still alive but over the top....bit thin but fabulous nose (2139 views) | | | Tasted by Perthor01 on 11/21/2020 & rated 90 points: over the top but still good; a bit thin on the palate but excellent nose... (2071 views) | | | Tasted by paulst on 8/11/2020 & rated 95 points: Leather and tar with earthy balance; textured with soft tannin; soft sweet long blackberry and raspberry; perfectly mature. (2292 views) | | | Tasted by Jokermac on 3/30/2020 & rated 93 points: Slight bricking at rim; clear from center to rim. Coffee, cigar box, currant, raspberry, fig on the nose; a little pepper and spice. Full body, solid tannins, good acidity. Tasting more woodiness and coffee first, then plum, fig, currant as it lingers. Drinking well; curious to taste again in 5 years. (2506 views) | | | Tasted by Jokermac on 3/28/2020 & rated 93 points: Acquired from auction (Brentwood). Solid ruby color with a slight brick color at the rim. Aromas of fig, cigar box, coffee, currant, and raspberry. A layer of smoke and chocolate on the finish with berries dominating. Yummy! (2297 views) | | | Tasted by SpenceP on 3/7/2020 & rated 94 points: The cork was in horrific shape--just brushing it with my finger was enough to make it crumble! But, with time, care, and imagination, I was able to get it out safely (I absolutely did not want the wine to have any additional contact with that cork!), and, to my surprise, the wine emerged in good shape, although probably older than it would have been in a bottle with a better cork. Initially, this was very light-bodied and acidic, distinctly "old", with smells and flavors of plums, cherries, leather, and roses, as well as delicate hints of chocolate and smoke. The clue that this wasn't the whole story was the aftertaste--much much longer than expected, and ending on a wonderful note of cocoa. After about 20 minutes in the glass, it had transformed into something very different, a lovely medium-bodied wine, and a much younger seeming wine, elegant and graceful, with chocolate, plums, and roses at the fore, and the earlier leather and smoke completely gone. My guess is that, especially in bottles with corks in better shape, this will last at least 6 more years, probably longer. Just lovely. (2176 views) | | | Only displaying the 25 most recent notes - click to see all notes for this wine... |
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| Château La Lagune Producer website - Read more about Chateau La LaguneRed Bordeaux BlendRed Bordeaux is generally made from a blend of grapes. Permitted grapes are Cabernet Sauvignon, Cabernet Franc, Merlot, Petit Verdot, Malbec and rarely Carménère.Today Carménère is rarely used, with Château Clerc Milon, a fifth growth Bordeaux, being one of the few to still retain Carménère vines. As of July 2019, Bordeaux wineries authorized the use of four new red grapes to combat temperature increases in Bordeaux. These newly approved grapes are Marselan, Touriga Nacional, Castets, and Arinarnoa.
Wineries all over the world aspire to making wines in a Bordeaux style. In 1988, a group of American vintners formed The Meritage Association to identify wines made in this way. Although most Meritage wines come from California, there are members of the Meritage Association in 18 states and five other countries, including Argentina, Australia, Canada, Israel, and Mexico.France Vins de France (Office National Interprofessionnel des Vins ) | Pages Vins, Directory of French Winegrowers | French Wine (Wikipedia)
Wine Scholar Guild vintage ratings
2018 vintage: "marked by a wet spring, a superb summer and a good harvest"
2019 vintage reports
2021: "From a general standpoint, whether for white, rosé or red wines, 2021 is a year marked by quality in the Rhône Valley Vineyards. Structured, elegant, fresh and fruity will be the main keywords for this new vintage."
2022 harvest: idealwine.info | wine-searcher.comBordeaux Bordeaux Wine Guide
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History of Bordeaux
History of 1855 Bordeaux Classification
"2009 is all about ripeness, with wines impressively packed with ripe fruit and high alcohol levels. They are showy, in-your-face, and full of pleasure. The 2010s have the fruit and alcohol levels of the 2009s, but with a compelling freshness on the finish that balances the fruit and provides a perfect sense of structure." - Ben Nelson
"2016 is a landmark vintage in certain spots of Bordeaux and it should be remembered as one of the most inspired campaigns of the last 40-50+ years." -Jon Rimmerman
"The quality of red Bordeaux in 2016 was universally lauded – although the response to the en primeur campaign was muted. Quantity was high too, with the equivalent of 770 million bottles of wine produced. An exceptionally dry summer with cool nights eventually, thanks to mid September rain, resulted in small, thick-skinned, ripe grapes, and the wines are marked by high tannin and acidity, with superb aromatic fragrance." - Jancis Robinson
"2017 was complicated, but there are some excellent wines. Expect plenty of freshness and drinkability from wines that will offer excellent value, and others that will rival 2016 in terms of ripeness and ageability. But they are likely to be the exception not the rule, making careful selection key." - Jane Anson
"In the past, a vintage such as 2022 may have been overripe, raisined and low in acidity but 2022 had a sneaky little reservoir in its back pocket - a near perfect marriage of cool/cold/rain the previous winter and the previous vintage that literally soaked the soils (a key to why 2022 is not 2003...or 1893)." - Jon RimmermanMédoc Vins du Médoc (Conseil des Vins du Médoc) - Read More about the Medoc
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The eight precisely defined appellations of the whole of the Médoc (from Blanquefort Brook to the north of the Bordeaux built-up area, almost to the Pointe de Grave) may claim the Médoc appellation. But there is also a specific territory in the north of the peninsula which produces exclusively wines with this appellation. In the great majority, the Médocs come from the north of the peninsula. The great individuality of this region is that the number of vines has increased more recently here than elsewhere, apart from a few isolated spots where vines have grown for many years. Today, the size of the small estate has brought about the development of a powerful co-operative movement. Four co-operatives out of five belong to the group called Unimédoc which ensures aging, bottling and marketing a large proportion of their wines.Haut-Médoc Read more about Haut Medoc and its wines Long-standing fame The legally created division into Médoc and Haut-Médoc dates from 1935. But as long ago as 1815 a Chartrons broker, whose word carried weight, spoke of great red wines in the Haut-Médoc, so recognizing the high quality successfully achieved by this region's growers in the eighteenth century. The same Bordeaux broker revealed that the business world of the Chartrons and the great Bordeaux proprietors had established a sort of league-table of the parishes in which the vine-growing communes of today's Haut-Médoc appellation showed up well.
The Haut-Médoc appellation stretches over some thirty seven miles from north to south, from Saint-Seurin de Cadourne to Blanquefort. Within this area, certain zones produce wines exclusively with the Haut-Médoc appellation. It has terroirs of remarkable quality. And although we may note a certain predominance of layers of gravel (essentially Garonne gravel) from the Quaternary, all these sites are characterized by their wide diversity. Today in the southernmost communes of the appellation, the suburbs of Bordeaux, numerous vineyards which existed at the beginning of the twentieth century have disappeared, victims of urban expansion. But the vines live on... because man has retained his devotion to them.
The astonishing variety of different terroirs, the result of the very extent of the area, explains the diversity of Haut-Médoc wines, a fact which is rare within one and the same appellation.
But, over and above the differences, linked to this mosaic of climatic and geological influence, all these wines have the same family traits of character.
Alert and lively, full-bodied without being too powerful, and harmoniously balanced, they acquire a rare bouquet over the years.
In order to have the right to the Haut-Médoc appellation of controlled origin, red wines must:
- come from the communes of Blanquefort, Le Taillan, Parempuyre, Le Pian, Ludon, Macau, Arsac, Labarde, Cantenac, Margaux, Avensan, Castelnau, Soussans, Arcins, Moulis, Listrac, Lamarque, Cussac, Saint-Laurent de Médoc, Saint-Julien, Pauillac, Saint-Sauveur, Cissac, Saint-Estèphe, Vertheuil, Saint-Seurin de Cadourne "excluding all the parcels situated on recent alluvium and sand on impermeable subsoils",
- satisfy precise production conditions : grape-varieties (Cabernet-Sauvignon, Cabernet-Franc, Carmenère, Merlot Noir, Petit Verdot, Cot or Malbec), minimum of sugar (178 grammes - 6.27 oz. - per litre of must) degree (an acquired 10°5) base yield (48 hectolitres per hectare).
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