chateau grand puy lacoste variation case 1x3l 2x15l 4x75cl

Château Grand Puy Lacoste, Variation Case, 1x3L, 2x1.5L, 4x75cl, 2023

Name: Château Grand Puy Lacoste, Variation Case, 1x3L, 2x1.5L, 4x75cl
Brand: Château Grand Puy Lacoste
Price: 758.46 GBP

94/100

Inside Bordeaux

91-93/100

The Wine Independent

93-95/100

Vinous

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2023
1x9L
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£758.46

Justerini & Brooks Tasting note

Xavier and Emeline Borie have made a glorious range of 2023s. The fragrant GPL 2023 emerges from the glass with suggestions of violet, iris, bergamot, pencil shavings and creme de mûre. Cool, composed fruit flows over the palate; juicy and textural, but so well pixilated and defined. There's a real sense of freshness and verve and focussed energy to the pure bramble fruit. As one would expect, the tannins are impeccably judged with lots of rock salt and blackcurrant detail. A supremely elegant and refined GPL. Bravo! 77% Cabernet Sauvignon and 23% Merlot.

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Critic Reviews

91-93/100

Lisa Perrotti-Brown,

The Wine Independent

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.

drinking window 2028 - 2042

date of review 05/2024

94/100

Jane Anson,

Inside Bordeaux

We are in classic Grand Puy Lacoste territory here, great balance, good freshness, Pauillac typicity, less concentration than 2022, showing instead bright cassis and blackberry fruits, salted cracker edge, liquorice, graphite, spiced cocoa beans, and flashes of fresher redcurrants on the close of play. Great quality, and you can see the fine ageing potential stretching ahead. 75% new oak, rest one year old, around 60% of production in this 1st wine (this is similar each year, as here the vineyard footprint has not changed since 1855). Harvest September 11 to 28.

drinking window 2030 - 2046

date of review 05/2024

93-95/100

Neal Martin,

Vinous

The 2023 Grand Puy Lacoste was picked September 11 to 28 at 48hL/ha and matured in 75% new oak. It has a classic "GPL" bouquet with blackberry, pencil box and light marine scents, obviously not as powerful as the previous vintage, yet in typical style, beautifully defined and focused. Just a touch of cracked black pepper surfaces with aeration. The palate is medium-bodied with gentle but insistent grip, just a light bitter edge lending tension and nerve. I perceive good depth here, but this is not a powerhouse of a Pauillac (is GPL ever?). It fans out toward the finish whilst maintaining control. There’s an impressive linearity to this wine, and thus I suspect it will require less bottle-age compared to recent vintages.

drinking window 2029 - 2052

date of review 04/2024

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Specifications

Country:

France

Region:

Bordeaux

Appellation:

Pauillac

Producer:

Château Grand Puy Lacoste

style:

Red Wine

Grape Variety:

Cab Sauvignon Merlot

abv:

13%

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