Lobenberg: Schwarzrot. Sehr mittig konzentrierte strukturiert versammelte Nase, satte, schwarze Frucht, Schwarzkirsche, Brombeere, sehr fest und kompakt, nicht rau, sondern frisch weich wuchtig zugleich, etwas Teer, Goudron, Valrhona-Bitterschokolade, etwas exotische Orangenschale. Sattes Volumen im Mund, üppige schwarze Kirsche, Creme de Cassis, Brombeere, feine rote Johannisbeere und rote Waldfrucht als feine Ahnung, satteste, seidige Tanninmassen, ultralang voller Samt, immer rassig und elegant bleibend, ein La Lagune der Extraklasse, bei toller Rasse und üppig weicher Kraft und Frucht ein extrem eleganter und geschliffener La Lagune. Best ever. Der beste Haut Medoc ohne Zweifel. 94-96/100

-- WS: Floral and precise fruit, with blackberry-skin character and mineral undertones. Full-bodied, with superfine tannins and a fresh, clean finish. Long and tight. Racy. Lovely texture. 60 percent Cabernet Sauvignon, 25 percent Merlot and 15 percent Petit Verdot. This property is really on a roll now, delivering racy and structured reds; it gives much more freshness and character to the wine. 93-96/100

-- Parker: It is not unusual that the 2009 La Lagune is a spectacular effort given the fact that this estate has been making terrific wines over the last decade or more. It boasts a dense purple color as well as a beautiful perfume of blueberries, mulberries, cassis, white chocolate and subtle toasty oak. Notes of Chinese black tea, cedarwood and forest floor also make an appearance in the singular aromatic and flavor profiles. This sumptuous, full-bodied La Lagune possesses low acidity, abundant but ripe, sweet tannin and a long, 45-second finish. Give this beauty 5-7 years of bottle age and drink it over the following three decades. 95/100