Château La Lagune 2015 3ème Cru Classé

SOIL GEOLOGY: THE FINESSE OF THE GRAVES AND THE STRENGTH OF THE MÉDOC. The terroir of La Lagune is considered by the famous geologist René Pijassou as «the Medoc island model». The light gravel (pink, yellow and white quartz, calcite, agates) and silica diffuse the sunlight and help to give the Cabernet-Sauvignon, Merlot and Petit Verdot the grace, balance and finesse that characterise the wines of La Lagune.

VINEYARD MANAGEMENT: Double Guyot / Medoc pruning

VINE DENSITY: 6,666 vines/ha and 10,000 vines/ha

WEATHER CONDITIONS AND PHENOLOGY

After a mild autumn in 2014, marked by a particularly rainy November, winter 2015 followed a cold and dry trend. Spring opened with a dry and mild April. After a rather late budburst, the good weather conditions in the spring allowed the plant to catch up quickly. The first flowers are visible from 25 May. Flowering and fruit set took place in excellent conditions. Veraison began on 20 July and conditions were excellent until mid-September, with regular but not abundant rainfall, mild temperatures and cool nights. The windy conditions allowed us to maintain an excellent sanitary state until the end and to harvest high quality, rich and very concentrated grapes.

HARVEST DATE: 25 September to 07 October 2015

HARVEST

The grapes are picked by hand and then transported to the vat room in small crates. The date of harvest is determined for each plot after numerous tastings of the grapes and additional analytical controls.

AGEING

Château La Lagune is aged in French oak barrels, 50% of which are renewed every year. The wines are racked several times during their maturation, in order to eliminate the large lees and favour maturation on fine lees.

GENTLE WINEMAKING

After a very meticulous triple manual sorting, completed by an optical sorting, the most beautiful berries are delicately sent to the vats for the plot vinification. The extraction of tannins and anthocyanins is carefully measured to obtain the most elegant wines. The final blend is made during the ageing process with the wines from the best parcels.

DETAILS

AGEING POTENTIAL: > 20 years

ALCOHOL CONTENT: 14 % VOL

SERVING SUGGESTION: 16°C

MINDFUL VITICULTURE

In our search for the finest expression of wine, we are strongly committed to soil preservation and environmental regeneration. In conversion, the entire vineyard is certified organic as of the 2016 vintage. The last 20 years have enabled us to set up the foundations of a viticulture that takes care of the vines. We choose what is best for each of our plots, without limiting ourselves to a single approach. The ultimate goal: that our vineyards, our soils, and our wines are alive!