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Château Lanessan
With Bordeaux wine prices shooting into the stratosphere these days, it is nice to find a producer that recognises that quality doesn’t necessarily equal expense. A château that puts its consumer first, Château Lanessan is a pocket-friendly, wine investor’s dream come true.
Equestrian activities
A fine Bordelaise history dating from 1793, Château Lanessan has been in the same family for eight generations, direct descendants of the founder Jean Bouteiller. Situated in the heart of Haut-Médoc, bordering Saint Julien, the domaine has grown from its “humble” 24-hectares to the 380-hectares estate that it is today. However, just 32-hectares are given over to vineyards. The rest of the land is used for Château Lanessan’s other activity, stables and horse-riding. The Château itself was built by prominent local architect Herni Duphot between 1878 and 1887, with the stables being added a few years later. These were incredibly grand and included running water (when many houses in the village were still hand-drawing from wells), marble troughs and brass fixtures. Today, Lanessan specialises in horse-drawn carriage rides around the estate; ten carriages are kept in working order including a Phaeton from 1884.
Guardian angel from Angelus
However, it is the wine that interests us here, and Château Lanessan has carved a niche for reasonably priced Bordeaux wine underscored by generations of savoir-faire. Self-styled as a “grand cru sans classement” as Bouteillier thought it unnecessary to submit his grapes to the great 1855 ranking, Lanessan missed out on what would surely have been a fourth position. Planted with 60% Cabernet Sauvignon, 35% Merlot, 4% Petit Verdot and 1% Cabernet Franc in gravelly terroir, the wines are vinified in concrete vats and aged in a mixture of new and one and two-year-old (French) oak barrels. Wines are temperature controlled throughout.

In order to maintain their status and increase quality, Hubert de Bouard (owner of Château Angelus) joined the estate’s management team in 2015. This saw a marked rise in the wine’s value on the secondary market. This is perhaps the most interesting recent vintage for the estate from an investor’s point of view, although the 2010 showed fantastic ROI between September 2017 and May 2019. Prices are still well below the average for Bordeaux wines.
Notable facts and vintages
  • Château Lanessan offers a second wine, Les Caleches de Lanessa (since 1999) and a third wine Voyage de Lanessan, both featuring grapes from younger vines, blended with higher amounts of merlot.
  • 2016 Château Lanessan received 93 points from James Suckling, and 92 points from Wine Cellar Insider Jeff Leve who noted it is “...the best vintage of Lanessan I have ever tasted.”
  • Château Lanessan has garnered “One Star” from Le Guide Hachette des Vins for 1998, 2000, 2001, 2003, 2004, and 2005 vintages; and “Two Stars” for 1999 and 2002 vintages.