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Château Grand Puy Lacoste, 5ème Cru Classé, Pauillac
Château Grand Puy Lacoste

Château Grand Puy Lacoste, 5ème Cru Classé, Pauillac, 2021

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justerini & brooks tasting note

Having just tasted the excellent Lacoste Borie, it was no surprise that the 2021 GPL was a stunner. Fashioned from 85% Cabernet Sauvignon and 15% Merlot this is one of the most handsome and stylish wines we tasted from the Medoc. Such a fine expression of Cabernet Sauvignon: cigar tobacco, bergamot, pure cassis, violets, iris, roses, wonderful florality. Taut and linear, this super-sleek effort possesses amazing clarity, wonderfully composed blue and red fruits and polished gravel notes. Reserved, classically styled, yet perfectly ripe with a gorgeous tannic profile laced with blackcurrant and graphite. Superb texture and detail.

critic reviews

93/100Lisa Perrotti-Brown,The Wine Independent

The 2021 Grand-Puy-Lacoste has a deep garnet-purple color. It slowly unfurls to reveal evocative notes of raspberry coulis and redcurrant jelly, leading to a core of cassis, cedar, and underbrush. Medium-bodied, the palate is bright, crunchy, and tightly wound, with a racy backbone and fine-grained tannins, finishing with a red berry lift.

DRINKING WINDOW 2025 - 2037
date of review 04/2024
93/100Jane Anson,Inside Bordeaux

Plenty of Pauillac typicity, savoury Cabernet Sauvignon dominance in its flavour profile, blueberry, cassis, cocoa bean, liqourice root, grilled cloves, even silky tannins - this is a success, with estate character, even if shorter drinking window than in more concentrated vintages. Eric Boissenot consultant, Borie family owners. 75% new oak, harvest September 24 to October 8.

DRINKING WINDOW 2028 - 2043
date of review 04/2024
93/100Neal Martin,Vinous

The 2021 Grand Puy Lacoste, matured in around 70% new oak and bottled in June 2023, is about as classic a Bordeaux as you will find in contemporary Bordeaux, which is not unexpected given the vintage and château in question. Black fruit, cedar and tobacco unfurl on the nose with pencil shavings coming through with time—it is much more open and expressive compared to recent vintages. The palate is medium-bodied with grainy tannins, one of the most saline vintages in recent years with a gentle build toward the finish. It's not a showstopper. It's not the apotheosis of GPL. But you'll finish the bottle and probably want another glass.

DRINKING WINDOW 2026 - 2055
date of review 02/2024
94/100William Kelley,Robert Parker Wine Advocate

The 2021 Grand-Puy-Lacoste is one of the vintage's successes, wafting from the glass with aromas of cassis and raspberries mingled with notions of violets, rose petals, pencil shavings and cigar wrapper. Medium to full-bodied, with a deep, layered core of pure fruit framed by ripe acids and sweet tannins, its suave, charming profile means that it will offer a broad drinking window. A slightly lower percentage of new oak, with lighter toasts, is reflected in better barrel integration out of the gates.

DRINKING WINDOW 2027 - 2047
date of review 02/2024

product details

Country:
France
Region:
Bordeaux
Appellation:
Pauillac
Producer:
Château Grand Puy Lacoste
Style:
Red Wine
Grape Variety:
Cab Sauvignon Merlot
abv:
13.5%

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