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Red dry
Unearth the profound depth of Haut-Médoc with Château La Lagune 2000. This vintage is a stunning testament to the estate's exceptional gravelly soils, which infuse the wine with unparalleled elegance and intricate complexity.
Château La Lagune 2000 presents a deep ruby color with a brilliant shine, leading to a delightful, multifaceted aroma. The nose reveals an intricate dance where tones of plum, ripe cherry, and blackcurrant liqueur intertwine with sophisticated shades of spices, licorice, and earthy notes.
This is a medium-bodied, elegant wine, boasting superb balance and a wonderful structure. It features noticeable yet velvety, rounded tannins that contribute to a remarkably long aftertaste.
The vines thrive in the region's characteristic sand and almond gravel soils, which are crucial to the wine's distinctive profile.
The wine matures for 14-15 months in oak barrels, 75% of which are renewed annually.
Serve at 16-18 °C with venison steak with blackberry sauce, grilled red meat, game stew with wild mushrooms.
Château La Lagune is an wine estate in the Haut-Médoc region, just north of Bordeaux city and ranked as a third growth in the 1855 Bordeaux Classification. The highest-ranked estate bearing the Haut-Médoc title, its grand vin is made predominantly from Cabernet Sauvignon with smaller amounts of Merlot and Petit Verdot. The wine is generally elegant and aromatic, in a similar vein to the wines of Margaux some 10km (six miles) north of the estate. Most vintages can be approached at a relatively youthful age. The organically farmed vineyard covers 80 hectares (200 acres) on a south-facing gravel hill of well-drained, white pebbles which reflect the sun back onto the fruit – an aid to ripening. The estate is planted to 65 percent Cabernet Sauvignon, with 30 percent Merlot and 5 percent Petit Verdot. A second wine, Moulin de La Lagune, is produced from younger vines which do not make the grade for the grand vin. Since 2004, a third wine, Mademoiselle L, has been made from another 30-hectare (74-acre) plot further down the La Lagune slope. It is a 50-50 blend of Cabernet Sauvignon and Merlot and is intended to be drunk young. In the gravity-fed winery, the grapes pass along three separate sorting tables for strict selection before being dropped in to one of 72 thermo-regulated stainless steel vats, which vary in size between 2200 and 20,000 liters to cater for different vineyard plots. The grand vin is blended before being placed for 18 months in French oak barrels (55 percent of which are new). On average 18,000 to 20,000 cases (up to 240,000 bottles, or 180,000 liters) of the various wines are produced per year.
