Château Laujac is a 85 hectares large property, classified as Cru Bourgeois Supérieur in 2020. The winery is located in Bégadan, Médoc, Bordeaux. The Duboscq family holds the estate and farms its vineyards according to sustainable principles. The vineyards have been certified as level 3 by HVE since 2019.

The wines crafted at Château Laujac are dense, fruity, straightforward and delicate.

The estate produces two wines: Château Laujac Médoc and Château La Tour Cordouan.

The Château Laujac Médoc 2015 scored 88 by the Wine Advocate.

Robert Parker’s tasting notes on the Château Laujac Médoc 2015: “The 2015 Laujac offers attractive blackberry and bilberry scents on the nose, modest delineation with subtle marine scents developing in the glass. The palate is medium-bodied with grainy tannin, nicely structured, classic in style with a tobacco and cedar, quite austere finish, yet with the depth to carry off that style. Enjoy this well-made Medoc over the next 5 or 6 years.”

The Duboscqs, headed by Vanessa Duboscq and Réné-Philippe Duboscq are the owners of Château Laujac. Stéphane Courréges has been the consultant since 2015.

The château was built in 1805. Vanessa Duboscq’s ancestor, Hermann Cruse, purchased the estate in 1852 and built cellars in 1874, which are still used today after recent renovations in 2017.

Vanessa Duboscq is part of the Cruse family, whose ancestors moved from Denmark to Bordeaux in 1819, creating one of the biggest négociants (for a while, they also owned Pontet Canet, d’Issan and Giscours, among others). She is the 6th generation of the family at Laujac, returning here in 2012 from a career as an architect, with her husband Réné-Philippe Duboscq giving up his job with IBM. They took over the winery after the 55th vintage of Vanessa Duboscq’s father, Bernard.

The other holdings of the Duboscqs include Château Lafitte Laujac (Médoc).

The vineyards of Château Laujac are farmed according to a sustainable approach and have been certified as level 3 by HVE since 2019. The parcels are planted with three grape varieties: Cabernet Sauvignon (48 percent), Merlot (44 percent), and Petit Verdot (8 percent). 70 percent of the vineyards are used for the 1st wine, while the rest 30 for the 2nd wine. The average density of the vines is 6,666 vines per hectare.

Some parts of the vineyards are rented out for growing cereal crops and for raising horses, which benefit in the production of natural fertilizers. Moreover, the grass is left between the rows. The soils under the rows are worked mechanically rather than with weedkillers. Sexual confusion is used in over 90 percent of the vineyard. Blending takes place at the end of ageing.