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Château La Lagune

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Designated as the 3rd Crus Classés by the 1855 classification, it is the only one to represent Haut-Médoc at the top of the hat. A sure bet in the appellation, Château La Lagune strives to maintain a standard of quality that has earned it the highest praise from specialists... Find out more
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History


It was under Henri IV in the 16th century that we first heard of Château La Lagune. Benefiting from a combination of factors (climate, terroir, etc.) highly favorable to vines, it was modestly exploited until 1730, but it was during this 18th century that it began to be considered a true wine estate.

The Sèze family also played a key role. For several centuries, the estate belonged to different generations of the family, who were very popular in Bordeaux. By this time, the estate's wines already had a style of their own and appealed to customers.

A few years later, Napoleon III asked the estate to classify its wines for the Paris Universal Exhibition. The year was 1855, and the famous classification of crus classés was born. Château La Lagune becomes the Haut-Médoc with the highest distinction, as 3rd Cru Classé (La Tour Carnet is the second Haut-Médoc, 4th Cru Classé).

For almost a century, the estate maintained this image of excellence and enjoyed its success. Unfortunately, the château and its occupants were to suffer a number of setbacks. As early as 1939, the outbreak of the Second World War posed a major problem for French vineyards, with an obvious lack of maneuverability. Once the war was over, severe frosts took over in 1956, devastating production.

Château La Lagune recovered in the 1970s after a new owner by the name of Georges Brunet invested a considerable sum to get it back on the right track. In 1999, Jean-Jacques Frey bought the estate, leaving his daughter Caroline Frey to run it...

Respect for the environment


Caroline Frey has been establishing her touch for several years now, and we can already see the results. One of the watchwords at Château La Lagune is respect for the environment, with viticulture based on organic and biodynamic ideologies. More than just an idea, the approach took concrete form in 2016 with organic certification, demonstrating that the estate is living up to all its promises. This approach is implemented not only on the 80 hectares that make up the Château, but also in all oenological operations.

A state-of-the-art vat room and strict rules on grape quality, manual harvesting and blending enable the estate to perfect its wines and retain that notion of purity, of a wine more in tune with nature.

Château La Lagune proves to be intense during tastings, with a beautiful structure and very appreciable ageing potential. A whole terroir expresses itself in the glass, revealing one of Bordeaux's finest references...
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