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Jane Anson: Well made, sleek and deep dark fruits, cassis pastille, intense with a cushion of air. A very impressive vintage here, nuanced and well structured. Delphine Frey, Director of the Frey family estates, yield 20hl/ha. Xavier Moragues is the cellar master and technical director, with the estate for the past 18 months. New use of foudres and porcelain jars alongside oak barrels during the ageing, and the vineyard has also returned to its historic 1855 classified surface."
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Decanter: Gorgeous aromatics - bright red fruit and pink flowers. Tannic and a bit compact right now with dark liquorice and salty stone aspects. Quite tight and firm, I like the cool freshness and purity of the crisp, blueberry fruit but the structure is at the fore right now and this has some compaction. Spiced liquorice and tobacco on the finish. A yield of 20hl/ha. 3.73pH."
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Falstaff: Tiefdunkles Rubingranat, opaker Kern, violette Reflexe, zarte Randaufhellung. Floral unterlegtes Cassis, Brombeerkonfit, einladendes, vielschichtiges Bukett. Stoffig, mittlere Komplexität, reife Pflaumen, integrierte Tannine, etwas Nougat, bleibt haften, ein saftiger Speisenbegleiter, mineralischer Nachhall, bald zugänglich."
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The Wine Cellar Insider: Flowers, cherries, smoke, licorice, and currants are on display in the perfume. Medium-bodied, elegant, soft, and fresh, the fruits offer a clean, vibrancy, paired with refinement that you can taste and feel. This should be quite charming close to release, and for at least 15-20 or more years after that. The wine blends 50% Merlot, 43% Cabernet Sauvignon, and 7% Petit Verdot. Drink from 2029-2055."
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James Suckling: Black currants with a touch of violets on the nose. Medium- to full-bodied with subtle concentration, charm, freshness and a consistent finish of dark fruit. The wine reveals itself slowly."
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Wine Advocate: A blend of 50% Merlot, 43% Cabernet Sauvignon and 7% Petit Verdot, the 2025 La Lagune is gourmand and lively, offering up aromas of cassis, mulberries, flowers and lilac. Medium- to full-bodied, layered and enveloping, it's round and fleshy, has good depth at the core and is framed by velvety tannins, concluding with a long, delicate and floral finish. The estate appears to be moving toward a more precise expression, where purity of fruit and finer tannin definition come to the fore. This is one to follow."
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Vinum: Still, kräuterwürzig, nobel, Estragon und Eisenkraut, ein Hauch von Kirschblüten, Cassis; am Gaumen saftig, knackig, frisch, feingliedrig, baut Druck auf, bleibt elegant, die Tannine sind präsent, überlagern die Frucht dabei nicht; langes, würziges, rotfruchtiges Finale. Ein ausgezeichneter La Lagune."
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Jeb Dunnuck: Red and black fruits, dried herbs, tobacco, and some spicy wood all emerge from the 2025 Château La Lagune, a great Haut-Médoc estate that's always worth your time and money. Medium-bodied on the palate, it has a pure, graceful mouthfeel, fine tannins, and a good finish. It's a more understated, elegant, balanced, and almost pretty 2025 that should shine with just short-term cellaring. I'd happily buy a case."
