Wine Chateau La Lagune, Haut-Medoc AOC 3-eme Grand Cru Classe, 2016
Tasting Notes
The wine is dark purple.
Taste harmonious wine has a lovely soft texture, supple tannins, excellent depth, good balance of acidity, filled with notes of blackberry, currant, dark fruit, spices and nuances of oak wood. The finish is long and sustainable.
The aroma of wine is very clear, sweet, with notes of red currant, blackberry, blueberry, tobacco and cedar, which are supplemented with mineral nuances.
The wine goes well with many kinds of meat - lamb, veal and others.
Interesting Facts
Chateau La Lagune, 2010 - the classic red wine with good structure, color, power, wealth and stability. In its creation successfully intertwined scientific knowledge of the terroir and winemaking skills. The wine can be consumed in the medium term, but its true character and potential will unfold in 20 years.
Especially the production of "Chateau La Laguna" is that the fermentation is carried out in a temperature-controlled wine in stainless steel containers. After the end of fermentation, the wine is aged for 15-18 months in oak barrels, 80% of which are updated annually.
Chateau La Lagoon belongs to one of the brightest in Bordeaux success stories. Chateau La Lagoon, the first mention of which dates back to the 18th century, became known when he was assigned to Class 3 classification in 1855. In the 19th century this wine was not equal - it has been awarded numerous awards and medals. Gastronomic guides of the time noted that even after 40 years, this wine does not lose its best qualities.
During the Second World War, the state of the economy Chateau La Lagoon, like many others, went into decline. Numerous potential buyers folded, not wishing to expend energy on the reconstruction of wine production. But in 1958, Chateau La Lagoon gets Georges Brunet (Georges Brunet). It is fully updated vineyard and built a wine shop, is still considered one of the most modern in the Medoc. In 1962 he sold the estate in the hands of the famous house "Ayala Champagne (Champagne Ayala)», which with the same fervor and passion continued reconstruction of La Lagoon. The most revolutionary innovation of the company, still has no analogues, was a mix of fermentation tanks with a basement shop shutter network of pipelines for the transportation of wine in the absence of contact with air. Chateau began to recover its former reputation and become one of the most beautiful in the Medoc. Winery equipment meets the latest requirements of technical ideas combined with medokskoy tradition.
