2018 Château Lanessan, Haut-Médoc

The terroir is mostly gravel-based soil. On average, the vines are 30 years of age. The vineyard is planted to a vine density of 10,000 vines per hectare. As we mentioned close to half of the land owned here is not used for vines. Instead, it’s reserved for natural forests, greenery, parkland, and horse riding trails. While there are 45 hectares planted to grapevines, the remainder of the property features 20 hectares of parkland. Here you also find beautifully manicured gardens and even a large space for growing vegetables. To produce the wine of Chateau Lanessan, vinification takes place in traditional, concrete vats. Malolactic fermentation takes place in vat. The wine is aged in a combination of 33% new, French barrels, 33% one-year-old, French oak barrels, and 33% two years old, French oak barrels for an average of 12 months. The production of Chateau Lanessan is large, making the wine quite easy to find in the marketplace.