78% Cabernet Sauvignon/22% Merlot. Yield 40hl/ha. Harvest dates September 21-5 October. Consultant Eric Boissenot. Pungent blue fruit, cedar, pine and pencil wood, a whiff of mint-laden smoke, and rosemary. Density, freshness, complexity, lift. Beautifully put together. Some talk this may be the best Grand-Puy-Lacoste ever. (NT 03/05/19)
- Producer
- Chateau Grand-Puy-Lacoste
- Origin
- Pauillac, Medoc, Bordeaux FRANCE
- Colour
- red
- Wine Style
- dry
- Dominant Grape
- Cabernet Sauvignon
- Closure Style
- cork
- Maturity
- drink or keep
- Bottle Size
- 75cl
- Case Quantity
- 6
- Alcohol
- 14.5%
- Wine Score
- 95 points, Neal Martin, vinous.com, January 2021
Stock in
Warehouse*Stock on Order Price ib Add to Basket Case 6x75cl - 2 £270.00
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Media Reviews
Neal Martin
The 2018 Grand Puy Lacoste has a quintessential Pauillac nose of intense black fruit infused with graphite scents, pencil shavings and a very discreet marine influence. It is beautifully defined, less opulent than the 2018 Lynch Bages tasted alongside, yet maybe more complex. The palate is medium-bodied and taut, offering sappy black fruit, gritty tannins and a lot of crushed stone. The focused, graphite-driven finish could only come from this appellation. Superb. A wine to correct those bemoaning that Bordeaux no longer makes ‘proper Claret.’ 95 points
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