Haut-Médoc · vintage 2023
Château La Lagune 2023
Ageing potential> 20 years
Why this vintage
- 95/100 from James Sucklingand 3 other scores above 90/100.
- The 2023 vintage in Haut-MédocJuly mildew followed by a hot September demanded strict selection: fleshy, aromatic wines, more approachable than 2022.
- Ageing potential> 20 years
Critic scores
- James Suckling95
- Wine Advocate90-92
- Jeb Dunnuck92
- Vinous91
The 2023 vintage in Haut-Médoc
Vintage benchmark: 91/100 (appellation benchmark, not a score for this wine)
Vintage character: July mildew followed by a hot September demanded strict selection: fleshy, aromatic wines, more approachable than 2022.
Overall reading of the year’s season across Haut-Médoc. An estate can depart from it sharply, in frost or hail years, where two neighbours did not make the same vintage. What this particular wine actually gave is on its technical sheet and in the scores above.
Tasting
Behind its deep ruby colour, the nose presents delicate notes of crushed strawberry as well as menthol nuances reminiscent of the freshness of Cabernet Sauvignon. The attack is soft and delicate, revealing silky tannins and well-balanced acidity. The finish remains marked by the purity of the tannins, which lengthens the palate and leaves an elegant impression of this 2023 vintage.
Blend of the 2023 vintage
- 65 % Cabernet-sauvignon
- 35 % Merlot
Shares for this vintage, as recorded on the 2023 technical sheet. The vineyard itself is planted with 60 % cabernet sauvignon, 30 % merlot, 10 % petit verdot — a vintage blend departs from the area under vine as the year dictates.
Figures from the 2023 sheet
- 13.5 % vol.Alcohol
Winemaking
After a very meticulous triple manual sorting, completed by an optical sorting, the most beautiful berries are delicately sent to the vats for plot-by-plot vinification. The extraction of tannins and anthocyanins is carefully measured to obtain the most elegant wines. The final blend is made during ageing with the wines from the best plots.
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 heavy lees and favour maturation on fine lees.
Terroir
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 Médoc 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.
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Texts and documents 2023
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Visuals
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Sheet checked on September 28, 2026. Technical data: the estate’s VinCod sheets. Critic scores: sources cited above, with their date. Vintage benchmarks and character: Compagnie Médocaine’s own editorial read. Soils and relief, where shown: the Compagnie Médocaine’s parcel survey and the Mapbox/IGN terrain model.