Castle La Lagune - Haut-Médoc 1990

Wine Spectator

94 / 100

byJames Sucklingthe8/31/2000

Wonderful mint and black currant aromas that follow through to the palate. Full-bodied and velvety-textured, with lots of fruit and a long, long finish. Exceptional.--1990 Bordeaux retrospective. Drink now through 2010. 25,000 cases made.

Wine Advocate

90 / 100

byRobert Parkerthe9/1/1998

Like so many 1990s, this wine appears to have put on more weight and added a dimension or two to its personality. The color is dense ruby, with no lightening at the edge. The sweet nose of grilled nuts, smoked herbs, sweet, lavishly ripe black currant fruit, and chocolate is followed by a gutsy, medium-bodied wine that is about as fleshy as La Lagune can be. While the wine does not have the intensity, fat, and power of the 1982 (the greatest La Lagune I have ever tasted), it is a gorgeously proportioned, velvety-textured, sweet and expansive wine that is already drinking well. Anticipated maturity: Now-2010. Last tasted 9/97.

Wine Advocate

89 / 100

byRobert Parkerthe2/28/1993

Made from super-ripe fruit, the 1990 exhibits low acidity, excellent concentration, a smoky, nutty, sweet berry-like fruitiness, a round, generous texture, and a fat, lush finish. It lacks some grip, but should provide delicious, complex drinking over the next decade. Once again, it tastes more Burgundian than Bordelais.

Wine Advocate

87-90 / 100

byRobert Parkerthe6/30/1992

Perhaps as profound as the 1989, the 1990 La Lagune is reminiscent of their excellent 1976. Made from super-ripe fruit, it exhibits low acidity, excellent concentration, a smoky, nutty, sweet berry-like fruitiness, a round, generous texture, and a fat, lush finish. It lacks some grip, but should provide delicious, complex drinking over the next decade. Once again, it tastes more Burgundian than Bordelais.