chateau gruaud larose 2eme cru classe st julien

Château Gruaud Larose

Château Gruaud Larose, 2ème Cru Classé, St Julien, 2015

Name: Château Gruaud Larose, 2ème Cru Classé, St Julien
Brand: Château Gruaud Larose
Price: 416.74 GBP

94/100

Inside Bordeaux

92/100

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2015
6x75cl
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£416.74

Justerini & Brooks Tasting note

We were generally very impressed by the balance and harmony of the wines at the St Julien UGC. Few were blockbusters, but they all had ample fruit, a sense of freshness, sympathetic tannins and a sense of cohesion. This is the best Gruaud we can remember tasting for many years. Fashioned from 60% Cabernet Sauvignon, 31% Merlot and 9% Cabernet Franc this offers a beautifully perfumed bouquet of damsons, cherry, sloe and graphite. The palate is awash with pure crème de mûre, mulberry and loganberry. This is very polished with serious with corseted tannins and mineral infused dark fruits on the finish. It remains fresh and classy throughout. Very good indeed.

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Critic Reviews

92/100

Neal Martin,

Vinous

The 2015 Gruaud Larose is more luxurious on the nose than the previous vintage, with more red than black fruit, slightly medicinal and confit-like, wild strawberry and licorice, and later, touches of incense. The palate is medium-bodied with fine tannins. This is more concentrated than the 2014, with a fine backbone, fresh and saline with a gentle grip towards the finish, and touches of cedar and graphite that linger on the aftertaste. This is just beginning to "motor". Tasted at the Gruaud Larose vertical at the château in February 2023.

drinking window 2025 - 2050

date of review 03/2024

94/100

Jane Anson,

Inside Bordeaux

Dark ruby in colour, this has really come into its own over the past 6 years, proving wrong those who underestimated it during En Primeur. Emphasis right now on creamy dark fruits that envovlop everything, with real volume through the mid palate and a slow build along with sinewy tannins that grip the front of the mouth. This has so much potential, and I suggest still giving it another three or four years. 90% new oak (a big jump up from the 2010), harvset September 29 to October 15. The improvements brought by the vineyard restructing programme, that had begun in 2008, were starting to be felt at this point.

drinking window 2024 - 2042

date of review 11/2021

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Specifications

Country:

France

Region:

Bordeaux

Appellation:

St Julien

Producer:

Château Gruaud Larose

style:

Red Wine

Grape Variety:

Cab Sauvignon Merlot

abv:

12.5%

allergen information

This product may contain sulphites. Full allergen information is available upon request, please call our Customer Relations Team on +44 (0)20 7484 6430.