2016 Château Grand-Puy-Lacoste
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The 2016 Grand Puy-Lacoste has a bright, elegant and poised bouquet with quite intense, mineral-rich black fruit, improving with every swirl in the glass. The palate is medium-bodied with fine tannins, quite strict and linear, not a deep Pauillac '16 yet tensile and very persistent on the finish. Classically styled Pauillac. Tasted blind at the Southwold 10-Year-On tasting.
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James Suckling
Wine Spectator
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Pure, precise and refined aromas of blue fruit, cherries, currants, fresh herbs, green olives and a hint of graphite. On the palate it is refined and medium-bodied. The tannins are firm but quite woven and dusty, with a juicy core of fruit and a long, fresh finish. Understated and nuanced. It goes on for a minute. 79% cabernet sauvignon and 21% merlot. Classic but not opulent. A joy to drink now, but will age for decades. Drink or hold.
Brambled fruit, cherry pit, damson, sandalwood, black pepper, baking spices, juicy finish. Moving into its drinking window, a classically succulent and drinkable GPL. 75% new oak.
79% Cabernet Sauvignon, 21% Merlot. 45 hl/ha. Deep purple hue. Discreet aromatically but exudes elegance and class. Attractive fruit and firm but refined tannins so power and fruit combined. Precise and harmonious. For the long haul. (JL)
About the producer
In 1978 the Borie family took over Grand-Puy-Lacoste and Xavier Borie has been making exceptional wines here ever since. With 58 hectares of vines around the château, this is a wine with real Pauillac style.