{"id":27455,"date":"2017-06-01T16:14:18","date_gmt":"2017-06-01T15:14:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.leaandsandeman.co.uk\/blog\/?p=27455"},"modified":"2017-06-01T16:14:18","modified_gmt":"2017-06-01T15:14:18","slug":"2016-bordeaux-grand-puy-lacoste-beguiling-purity-neal-martin-95-97","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.leaandsandeman.co.uk\/blog\/2017\/06\/2016-bordeaux-grand-puy-lacoste-beguiling-purity-neal-martin-95-97\/","title":{"rendered":"2016 Bordeaux &#8211; A Grand Puy Lacoste of &#8216;beguiling purity&#8217; Neal Martin (95-97)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.leaandsandeman.co.uk\/wine\/2016-CHATEAU-GRAND-PUY-LACOSTE-5eme-Cru-Classe-Pauillac-26901-00.html?category=119\">GRAND PUY LACOSTE<\/a>\u00a0<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/blog-2207a.kxcdn.com\/photos\/Favicon-Circular-Lands.png\" alt=\"L&amp;S\" \/>\u00a0is out at <strong>\u00a3367 per 6 \/ \u00a3734 per 12 IB<\/strong>. In his glowing note for the 2016 Neal Martin paid tribute to this\u00a0&#8216;<em>bastion of quintessential Pauillac<\/em>&#8216;. He says that, &#8216;<em>not unlike its stylistic sibling\u00a0Montrose<\/em>,&#8217; it is made in a style that he openly admits he &#8216;<em>adores<\/em>&#8216;. He singled out\u00a0oenologist, Christel Spinner, for special praise. She, he argues, has\u00a0&#8216;<em>made the wine more approachable without compromising its intrinsic style<\/em>.&#8217; We couldn&#8217;t agree more.\u00a0The 2016 is more open and\u00a0approachable than many we have tasted here\u00a0<em>en primeur <\/em>&#8211; it is still\u00a0rich, dense and spicy but there is now such\u00a0good juice and flow. It is,\u00a0quite simply, gorgeous.\u00a0The price has crept up above our estimate but given Neal Martin&#8217;s score (95-97\/100) that&#8217;s unsurprising.<\/p>\n<p>The very sought-after Margaux <a href=\"https:\/\/www.leaandsandeman.co.uk\/wine\/2016-CHATEAU-RAUZAN-SEGLA-2eme-Cru-Classe-Margaux-27018-00.html?category=121\">RAUZAN-S\u00c9GLA<\/a>\u00a0is also out at\u00a0<strong>\u00a3368 per 6 bottles IB\u00a0<\/strong>but availability of this is extremely limited. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.leaandsandeman.co.uk\/wine\/2016-CHATEAU-CANON-1er-Grand-Cru-Classe-Saint-Emilion-26873-00.html?category=123\">CH\u00c2TEAU CANON<\/a>\u00a0is also out but this is all allocated to previous buyers.<\/p>\n<p>As ever, you can keep up to date with everything from #Bdx16 on our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.leaandsandeman.co.uk\/RECENT-RELEASES-261-02.html\">Recent Releases<\/a> page.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>GRAND PUY LACOSTE\u00a0\u00a0is out at \u00a3367 per 6 \/ \u00a3734 per 12 IB. In his glowing note for the 2016 Neal Martin paid tribute to this\u00a0&#8216;bastion of quintessential Pauillac&#8216;. He says that, &#8216;not unlike its stylistic sibling\u00a0Montrose,&#8217; it is made in a style that he openly admits he &#8216;adores&#8216;. 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