Bright ruby-red. Aromas and flavors of currant, mocha, tobacco and smoke, complemented by sweet, nutty oak. Lush, sweet and seamless; quite full for La Lagune. This generous, impressively concentrated wine finishes with sweet tannins, a whiplash of flavor and real mouthcoating breadth. I underrated this two years ago.

Like so many from this part of Bordeaux, the wine is surprisingly coarse from onrushing tannins, but unlike some of the others, this one is noticeably ripe in cast and decently fruited. It has the stuffing to warrant up to a decade of age, but it should begin to open up in half that time.

95 pts Robert Parker<br/>2010-2025