2018 Grand Puy Lacoste
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Tasting notes
78% Cabernet Sauvignon, 22% Merlot. 40 hl/ha. Deep colour. Big and brooding. Suave, full and round on the palate with plenty of matière . Plentiful tannins swathed in the fruit. Slight glow on the dry finish. Bit of a bruiser but should last the course. (JL)
Critic scores
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James Suckling
Antonio Galloni, Vinous
More reviews and scores
I love the purity of the 2018 Château Grand-Puy-Lacoste, a ripe, upfront, expressive beauty that has loads of currant and cassis notes as well as flowers, spicy wood, graphite, and hints of tobacco. Full-bodied, rich, expansive, and incredibly sexy, it stays fresh and lively on the palate, with ultra-fine tannins.
Tasted blind. Greyish rim to the crimson. Interesting stony note to the nose. Correct with edgy fruit and lots of tannin but not one of the most harmonious 2018 Pauillacs. (JR)
Hard to go wrong with recent vintages of Grand Puy Lacoste. This doesn't quite hit the strides of 2016 or 2019, but for me is more successful than either 2015 or 2017. This is full of Pauillac classicism in its cassis, slate and cedar mix, with sweet black cherry fruits through the mid palate that reflect the warmth of the vintage but balanced by crushed mint and eucalyptus on the finish. You can relax with this one - it's easily got another few decades in it. Harvest 21 September and 5 October. 12% press wine. 75% new oak. A yield of 40hl/ha.
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.