1981 Château La Lagune

Community Tasting Notes (14) Avg Score: 88.2 points

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  3/1/2024 - vvWine.ch wrote: 88 Points

  (48% Cabernet Sauvignon, 30% Merlot, 18% Cabernet Franc, 4% Petit Verdot, 12.5% Alkohol) Granatrot, weissliche Ränder. Die Nase ist direkt nach dem Öffnen weit entwickelt, zeigt, reiffruchtige Aromen, Tabak, Waldboden, ein angenehmer Altweinduft. Im Gaumen zugänglich, abgeschmolzenes Tannin, gute Harmonie, aromatisch auf der rotfruchtigen Seite und mit Süssholz sowie Orangenzesten im Rückaroma. Austrinken.

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  4/11/2021 - ShubyLee wrote: 88 Points

  A surprisingly drinkable wine but not a pleasant one. Ruby color with brick edge. Fruity palate with spicy oak and some tannins for the first hour. Then the palate change into bitter and spicy like Chinese herbal medicine. At this stage, it show more oak than the fruit. Not worth to find one for enjoy.

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  5/13/2020 - Fatty Cat wrote: 93 Points

  Mid May 2020: transfered into a decanter and immediately served; fresh rubin color; black and red berries bouquet later joined by an intense mocca scent; juicy on the palate with a fruity acidity and still a touch a tannins; light/medium body; short/medium finish.
  
  An excellent classic mature Claret.
  
  This bottle came from a Chayoux family cellar. The Chayoux family were the former owners of Chateau La Lagune.

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  11/26/2015 - rmcnees wrote: 86 Points

  While the cork disintegrated when I tried to extract it, using a cork screw rather than my ahso (two pronged cork puller - which I left at home) that I normally use for such situations, the wine was still holding its own.
  
  Dark garnet colored with no evidence of brickish or rust aging signs, medium bodied, the black berry and cherry fruits were a bit muted, giving way to a layer of acidic musty, earthy leather, black olive tapenade, and tobacco leaf, all classic aged Bordeaux characteristics. Time to drink. This was our last bottle of this label, the others having been consumed long ago.
  
  As written in my blogspot (below), this was consumed as a birthyear vintage bottle celebrating birth of grandson.
  
  http://unwindwine.blogspot.com/2015/11/celebrate-grandson-birth-with-vintage.html

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  2/16/2014 - AV2012 wrote: 86 Points

  Generally consistent with my previous note. Integrated dried fruits, light-ish body, a nice old school claret. No bitterness or strong tannins this time, though still a bit too much acidity for my liking. (B)

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