One of the leading estates in the Graves has produced an elegant
but always tight and reserved
Trumpeter Reserve Malbec has an intense red colour with deep violet tones and a fruity aroma of cherries and plums shown with a delicate mint note
blue-fruited nose radiating violet and rose petal aromas with an undercurrent of turned earth
36 hectares planted in 1993 that they only bottle separately in exceptional years
Chateau La Lagune, Haut-Medoc, France 2014 Chateau La Dominique One of the leading estatesVery deep red. There are lifted blackcurrant aromas on the nose, which is elegant, polished and supported by sweet oak. After a vigorous attack, the palate is firm and concentrated, robust without coming across as tough. Theres structure here, but subtlety too, with ripe tannins on the long finish.