I don't often see the wine from this Third Growth estate in the Haut-Medoc appellation often in the local wine shops. If one were to blame the fact that it is in Haut-Medoc, then why is it less often encountered than say the Fifth Growths Ch Camensac and Cantemerle? I remember having got a 1985 wine from the estate to celebrate 20 years of being a doctor in 2005, but as we did not finish all the wines from that dinner, I cannot recall if it was the La Lagune or another wine that was kept back.
The estate can be traced back to 1730 when the chartreuse was built and the vineyards were planted. After the war, the vineyard was rescued from a state of dereliction by George Brunette in 1958, and this gradually led to the renaissance of the estate and set it on the path of recovery to its former glory.
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