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

    Château Grand Puy Lacoste, 5ème Cru Classé, Pauillac, 2019

    96/100
    Inside Bordeaux
    94/100
    The Wine Independent
    97/100
    Vinous
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    1. 2019

      6x75cl

      DP

      £383.12

    Justerini & Brooks Tasting note

    A blend of 83% Cabernet Sauvignon and 17% Merlot, this is one classy GPL, which we think looks like a modern day, sweeter fruited 1996. There’s such a wonderful bouquet of pure raspberry, sumptuous griotte, meadow flowers and sandalwood. The palate is slightly glossier and more velour in texture than normal - it gives the impression of a more luxuriant GPL, but under that veneer, there is a real seam of classicism: gravelly black fruit and minerals, leafy cassis, interspersed with red cherry and cranberries; it’s very serious and complete, powerful, yet graceful, ripe, but taut, fruity, still deeply mineral. This is a picture of poise and elegance, framed by elaborate tannins, which paint a fine weave of detail on the magnificent finish. We are in no doubt, this is a superb Grand Puy Lacoste that ranks amongst the very best vintages we’ve tasted during Xavier’s career. This is a ‘must-buy’ wine in 2019!

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    Critic Reviews

    97/100
    Neal Martin,
    Vinous
    The 2019 Grand-Puy-Lacoste has a well-defined bouquet with cedar and graphite infused black fruit, hints of pencil shavings, controlled and refined. The palate is medium-bodied with filigree tannins, taut and fresh with a pixelated and mineral-driven finish, lingering long in the mouth. What a heavenly 2019 Pauillac. Tasted blind at the Southwold annual tasting.
    drinking window 2026 - 2060
    date of review 02/2023
    94/100
    Lisa Perrotti-Brown,
    The Wine Independent
    A blend of 83% Cabernet Sauvignon and 17% Merlot, the 2019 Grand-Puy-Lacoste is deep garnet-purple in color. It gives subtle, slowly emerging scents of juicy blackcurrants, redcurrant jelly, and ripe plums, plus suggestions of cinnamon stick, chocolate box, camphor, and fallen leaves. Medium to full-bodied, the palate is firm and grainy with lovely tension cutting through the intense black and red fruit flavors, finishing on a lingering fragrant earth note.
    drinking window 2025 - 2043
    date of review 05/2022
    96/100
    Jane Anson,
    Inside Bordeaux
    Inky and glass-staining damson colour, with enjoyable aromatics, slow building power that is tempered and softened by waves of violet and peony. Knitted down, muscular tannins build a wall around the black fruits. This is concentrated, signature Pauillac just as it was En Primeur, majoring on pencil lead, cloves, liquorice and cocoa bean. 41hl/h yield, 75% new oak.
    drinking window 2028 - 2050
    date of review 01/2022

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    Specifications

    Country:
    France
    Region:
    Bordeaux
    Appellation:
    Pauillac
    style:
    Red Wine
    Grape Variety:
    Cab Sauvignon Merlot
    abv:
    13.5%

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