2021 Château La Lagune En Primeur
Following on from the successful release of ‘Super-Second’ Château Leoville Las Cases this morning, the first full week of the 2021 campaign finishes with third growth Château La Lagune, from the southernmost part of the Médoc, out at £315 per dozen bottles, a small reduction on the 2020 last year.
The 2021 is a delicious claret, ripe red and black fruit flavours, lovely freshness with medium-body and a very digestible 12.5% alcohol. For us it exemplifies what this ‘classic’ vintage is all about.
The critics are very positive; whilst James Lawther MW writing for Jancis Robinson finds it “pure and precise… with adequate mid-palate fruit and length on the finish. (Bravo!)”, Antonio Galloni at Vinous.com describes it as “..deep and beautifully layered in the glass, with striking layers of nuance…the 2021 is a knock-out.”
Offered en primeur landing spring 2024. Magnums available, other formats on request.
Limited availability. To order, e-mail us at sales@richardkihl.ltd.uk
Producer Profile
Château La Lagune, Haut-Médoc
Château La Lagune is a Troisième Grand Cru Classé in the Haut-Médoc. The terroir centres on a terrace of alluvial gravel parallel bordering the Gironde. It takes its name from a village was built here in 1525. In the 1580s a tenant farm was built in its place, eventually becoming the large estate seen today.
The château was built between 1730 and 1734. The Frey family took over in 2000 and the estate is run by Caroline Frey, who also overseas Jaboulet, also owned by the Freys. Oenologist Isabel Davin has been in charge since 2000, with Michel Rolland consulting. The 110 hectares are planted to 60 % Cabernet Sauvignon, 30 % Merlot and 10 % Petit Verdot. There is a second wine, Moulin de la Lagune.
