Chateau de Lamarque 2020, Haut Medoc

Pierre-Gilles and Marie-Hélène Gromand have run the Chateau since the 1960's when a major 'renaissance' of the Chateau took place and overseen great to change to where the Chateau sits today. 

The vineyard plantings are  45% Cabernet Sauvignon, 35% Merlot, 15% Cabernet Franc and 5% Petit Verdot and have undergone the process of Méthode Cousinié, an environmentally conscious approach to viticulture, with carefully-measured and effective nutritional solutions simultaneously allowing for soil balance to be restored, for the natural defence abilities of vines to be reinforced, and for the intrinsic qualities of the grape to be improved.

The oenology has been in the Emile Peynaud school for the last 25 years...new cellars have been installed, a laser optic grape selection machine and a fully computerised temperature control system. Fermentation takes place in large concrete vats obscured behind a wooden shell. The finished wine is aged in oak, up to one third of which is new oak barrels for 12 to 14 months.

In recent years, the blend has been in and around 53% Cabernet Sauvignon, 42% Merlot and 5% Petit-Verdot

Tasting note of Pierre-Gilles Gromand d'Evry - "The nose gives off black fruit, plums and spice aromas thanks to Petit Verdot. On the palate, the wine is fruity, with some spice notes and mocha. Its structure offers a harmonious roundness and fine tannins which lead us to believe it has a great ageing potential." 

JAMES SUCKLING
Chateau de Lamarque 2020
92-93 points: "Blackberry, lead pencil and shaved wood on the nose. It’s full-bodied with really well integrated tannins that are smooth and polished. Very pretty. "