Chateau La Lagune Haut-Medoc 2014 070226ROBUST Pirate is the wine he

Pirate is the wine he made to prove the point

25% whole cluster

and that shows in this bottle: the Cab Franc signs with bright red berry

From some of Oregon's oldest Pinot Noir vines

Laura Brunelli produces lovely

Chateau La Lagune Haut-Medoc 2014 070226ROBUST Pirate is the wine heLa Lagune is the southernmost classified growth of the Medoc, sitting just north of the Bordeaux suburbs on a tongue of gravel that pokes south of where the Haut Medoc proper begins. A Third Growth that's been run since 2004 by Caroline Frey (also of Paul Jaboulet Aine in the Rhone), now farmed biodynamically (Biodyvin certified in 2021, Demeter from 2022). The 2014 is a Cabernet driven blend that reflects the year's classical, structured profile