2024 Grand Puy Lacoste
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Sweet and full of purple fruit, with floral tones and smoky graphite. There’s real density to the fruit on the palate, which evolves from darker blackcurrant to red plum, with powdered tannins and an earthy framework for the fruit. There’s a pleasing austerity to this, with an iron note on the mouthwatering finish. Aged in 70% new oak, 13.5% alcohol. Blend: 78% Cabernet Sauvignon, 22% Merlot
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William Kelley, Wine Advocate
Jane Anson, Inside Bordeaux
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As to the Grand Vin, the 2024 Château Grand-Puy-Lacoste is 78% Cabernet Sauvignon and 22% Merlot, resting in 70% new barrels. It's a classy, elegant Pauillac with ample red and black currant fruit as well as lead pencil, graphite, and some floral, spicy nuances. It's medium-bodied, balanced, has fine tannins, and tons of soul and charm. It will be a classic Pauillac, and I'd be happy to have bottles in my cellar.
A blend of 78% Cabernet Sauvignon and 22% Merlot, maturing in 70% new barriques, the 2024 Grand-Puy-Lacoste offers up notes of blackcurrants, pencil shavings, iris and oak, followed by a medium-bodied, pretty palate built around a delicate core of fruit and lively acids, its powdery structuring tannins asserting themselves with gentle grip on the finish.
Medium to full intensity inky plum colour, cold campfire and grilled cedar on the opening with vibrant plum fruits alongside, good quality, on the fresh side, but savoury and sappy with plenty of lift. 70% new oak for 17 months ageing.
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.