Château Grand Puy Lacoste, Variation Case, 1x3L, 2x1.5L, 4x75cl, 2023
critic reviews
Lovely deep ruby colour, cocoa bean, cassis, bilberry, salted cracker, vanilla bean, expansive through the mid palate, a ton of slate and graphite and smoked oak on the finish. Classic, finessed, with appellation character. 75% new oak, rest one year old, around 60% of production in this 1st wine. Harvest September 11 to 28. Hubert de Boüard consultant, tasted twice.
The 2023 Grand Puy Lacoste has an understated bouquet that is beautifully defined, opening with blackberry, briar, cedar and light pencil box aromas. The palate is medium-bodied with a sapid entry, fine grip, quite linear and correct in style, in keeping with the GPL style. Fine grip on the finish with a tad more length than I noticed from barrel, this is a superb Pauillac that will require three or four years in bottle.
Deep garnet-purple in color, the 2023 Grand-Puy-Lacoste slowly emerges with restrained notes of crushed black and red currants, fresh blackberries, and raspberry leaves plus suggestions of lilacs and underbrush with a waft of wild thyme. The light to medium-bodied palate is soft and lively, with just enough mid-palate intensity and an herbal lift on the finish. The blend is 77% Cabernet Sauvignon and 23% Merlot.
Aromas of cassis, cigar wrapper, pencil shavings and violets introduce the 2023 Grand-Puy-Lacoste, a medium to full-bodied, fleshy and supple wine that's seamless and sensual, with good depth at the core, beautifully integrated tannins and a lively, charming profile. It's a blend of 77% Cabernet Sauvignon and 23% Merlot that was picked between September 11-28.