Château La Lagune: Vineyards
Château La Lagune is located in the commune of Ludon-Médoc, which lies directly south of Macau, but north of the city of Bordeaux. The estate is largely sandwiched between the course of the D2, to the west, and the village of Ludon-Médoc to the east. Since the acquisition of the d’Arche vines described on prior pages, and other parcels of vines, the vineyard grew under the tenure of the Frey family to about 100 hectares, but more recent downsizing with a focus on pulling up vines on lesser terroirs has reduced this significantly, so as of 2026 there are approximately 75 hectares of vines being tended here, the majority of which can be expected to feed into the grand vin. We can perhaps expect this figure to decrease a little further in coming years.
The vineyard is dominated by a single block of 45 hectares which sits in front of around the château, with a further 19 hectares of vines beyond that. These parcels are augmented by a further 7 hectares in front of the La Lagune chapel, and then 13 hectares next to Château d’Agassac. The vines are all entitled to the Haut-Médoc appellation, planted on an extensive croupe of gravel. This is a sandy-gravelly mix of superficial soils laid over a deeper bed of Quaternary gravel. The land sits at an altitude of 15 metres above sea-level which aids drainage, especially important with these slightly more moisture-retentive soils.
The vines are approximately 60% Cabernet Sauvignon, 30% Merlot and an unusually high 10% Petit Verdot, planted at 6,500 vines per hectare; there was once a significant portion of Cabernet Franc but this now seems to have disappeared from the vineyard, and the final vintage of the grand vin in which it made an appearance was 2002. The vines are trained higher than they once were (this is true for most of the top vineyards of Bordeaux) to improve foliage surface area, and the vineyard is managed on sustainable and organic lines. As noted in my profile it has HVE level 3 certification, as well as organic certification from Ecocert in 2016 and biodynamic certification from Biodyvin in 2021.
