Various St Emilions (and a Pauillac)

[JonathanP]

We stayed for a week on Exmoor and I went supplied with a few bottles to enjoy with hearty casseroles and roasts back at the cottage after a day's hiking.
Grand-Puy-Lacoste 2003. Nice fruit and body. A little lean on the finish. Tannins softening.
Barde-Haut 98. Soft and supple. Fruity. A lovelywine
Barde-Haut 99. Similar to, but not quite as chewy or fruity, as the 98.
Latour a Pomerol 2004. A little tannic still. Perhaps stemmy too. More four square than the other St Emilions.
Monbousquet 97. Jammy, fruity and rich. More Parkerised than the others, but enjoyable nonetheless.
La Lagune 00. A very nice wine. A great structure and long finish. Good balance. A text book St Emilion.

[Nicklasss]

Hi Jonathan. Is there a Saint-Ėmilion called La Lagune?

I also had Latour à Pomerol two or three time (not the 2004, but 1998 and 2001) and always thought it is lean and serious. Need more age? By the way, we don't see/cross that Pomerol often.

Nic

[JonathanP]

You are dead right. I was rushing when posting this. La Lagune is a Haut Medoc. Much underrated, I think. And of course the Latour a Pomerol is a Pomerol. Lean and serious is perhaps a good descripto.

[AlexR]

Jonathan,

Was the La Lagune in its drinking window?
I find many of the 2000 great growths are.

AR

[Comte Flaneur]

stefan recently certified the 2000 La Lagune as being in its drinking window.

[JonathanP]

Yes - absolutely. It was lovely.
I would not suggest drinking the big ones just yet, though. Mouton a couple of years ago had a long way to go.