Château Grand-Puy-Lacoste, 5e cru classé Pauillac 2020
CR27020

Château Grand-Puy-Lacoste, 5e cru classé Pauillac 2020
£75.00
75cl ALC 13.5%
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An open nose showing plenty of rich fruit as well as more spice and savoury notes, the palate is similar full of blackcurrant, cedar and cloves with fine tannins and a persistent finish.

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France, Bordeaux, Médoc & Left Bank, Pauillac

Still Red

Cabernet Sauvignon

Typically Cab Sauv with some Merlot

Medium-bodied

Keep

2020

13.5%

75cl

Château Grand-Puy-Lacoste

Château Grand-Puy-Lacoste
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Château Grand-Puy-Lacoste

Château Grand-Puy-Lacoste is one of the oldest properties in the Médoc with mentions going back to the Middle Ages. It was owned by one family for much of its life, from the 16th century to 1920.

Today it is in the hands of the Borie family after Jean-Eugène Borie bought it in 1978 and immediately installed his son, François-Xavier, to run the property. François-Xavier now leaves the day to day running of the property to his daughter Emeline. The estate is about 90 ha of which 58 are planted with vines and is possibly the only one with the same boundries today as during the 1855 classification. As well as the Grand Vin they also make an excellent second wine under the Lacoste Borie label.

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Vintage guide

The 2023 vintage looks good but the yields are down, some warm damp weather in summer means the Cabernets have out performed the more delicate Merlot. The wines of 2022 are excellent showing a lovely balance of ripeness and juiciness that give them great balance. The 2021 vintage has made wines that are medium bodied with good freshness, in a similar style to 2017. The 2020 vintage yielded wines that are aromatic and concentrated, quite big in structure with freshness and balance. The wines of 2019 are very concentrated, fresh, ripe and plentiful, all in all a very well regarded vintage. 2018 was a very good vintage in the end but mildew, hail, and a heatwave all served to reduce yields. The harvest across the region took place in near ideal conditions. 2017 is good in terms of quality but short on quantity, following frosts in the Spring that decimated certain properties. 2016 is a worthy successor to 2015, on a par qualitatively and looking very promising across all wine types. A hot summer but with cool nights has produced wines with fruit and freshness. 2015 is exceptionally good across the region for reds, especially the Right Bank, Pessac-Léognan, dry whites (better for Sauvignon than Sémillon) and sweeties: it is certainly the best vintage since 2010. 2014 is a very good Cabernet vintage, particularly in the Médoc where the wines are fresh with fine tannins. Overall, ripeness levels are good and so are quantities.
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