Château La Lagune 1996
The 1996 Château La Lagune is a red wine from the Haut-Médoc appellation in Bordeaux, produced by Château La Lagune. Classified as a 3rd Grand Cru Classé in 1855 and owned by the Frey Family, it blends 60% Cabernet Sauvignon, 30% Merlot, and 10% Petit Verdot. Wine Advocate awards it 86/100 and indicates a drinking window from 2006 to 2018; Jancis Robinson rates it 15/20, with a window from 2003 to 2007. Critics describe a tannic and austere wine with notes of cherry, dried herbs, spices, and new oak.
La bouteille proposée
- Size
- Bottle (75cl)
- Packaging
- Original Wooden Case of 12
- Label Condition
- Perfect
- Fill Level
- Perfect
- Capsule Condition
- Perfect
Identité du vin
- Couleur
- Red
- Pays
- France
- Région
- Bordeaux
- Appellation
- Haut-Médoc
- Producteur / Domaine
- Château La Lagune
- Millésime
- 1996
Cépage et assemblage
- Grape Variety
- 60% Cabernet Sauvignon, 30% Merlot, 10% Petit Verdot
Château La Lagune
Château La Lagune is a Third Grand Cru Classé from 1855, situated in Ludon-Médoc, within the Haut-Médoc appellation. Owned by the Frey family since the late 1990s, the estate cultivates around 80 hectares on a gravelly ridge to the south of the Médoc peninsula. The vineyard has been certified as biodynamic under the Biodyvin label since 2021.
- Owner
- Famille Frey
- Maître de chais
- Xavier Moragues
- Surface (ha)
- 80.00 ha
- Production (average bottles per vintage)
- environ 150 000 bouteilles/an
Histoire du domaine
The origins of La Lagune date back to the 16th century, when the ‘Village of La Lagune’, established around natural water sources, was transformed into a wine-growing estate. In the 17th century, Jean Lavaud, advisor to the king and inspector of the fortifications of Guyenne, expanded the estate through a series of acquisitions. The Lavaud family then had the Carthusian monastery built in its present form in the 18th century. The château was classified as a third grand cru in 1855. In 1886, the Bordeaux wine merchant Louis Seze took over the estate, before his daughter Marguerite succeeded him. Following the wars of the early 20th century, Georges Brunet took over the property in 1958 and began the replanting of the vineyard as well as the restoration of the Carthusian monastery. In 1961, the estate passed to René Chayoux, owner of the Ayala champagne house, and was subsequently passed on to Mr Ducellier. The Frey family became the owners in the early 2000s and undertook the modernisation of the vineyard, the fermentation cellar and the wine storehouse. Caroline Frey then took over the management of the estate in 2004. Delphine Frey succeeded her as vineyard manager, whilst Xavier Moragues joined the château as technical director in early 2025.
