1998 CHÂTEAU GRAND PUY LACOSTE 5ème Cru Classé Pauillac, Lea & Sandeman

CHÂTEAU GRAND PUY LACOSTE

1998 5ème Cru Classé Pauillac

Grapes Cab Franc, Cab Sauv, Merlot
Colour Red
Origin France, Bordeaux
Sub-district Haut Médoc
Village Pauillac
Classification 5ème Cru Classé

See the note on the Haut Batailley. The winemaking style is the same, but as always, Grand Puy Lacoste is just a lot bigger, a lot more dominated by its blueberry Cabernet flavour which even reminds me of very young Syrah. Palate is crisp with cassis and raspberry, fresh, and very pure. L&S (Mar 2005)


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Soft at 23 years old, fairly high acidities on the finish. After a good 30 minutes in the glass, wonderfully delicate aromatics of rose petals mix with rapsberries, blackerries, soft fennel and sage. Stays in the glass for 30 minutes no problem, soft but still going strong. Harvest 24th of September to 7th of October. Drinking range: 2021 - 2032 Rating: 92 Jane Anson, www.janeanson.com (Oct 2021)

The 1998 Grand Puy Lacoste replicates previous showings of this wine at 20 years of age. It has a clean and precise bouquet with blackcurrant, graphite, heather and light raspberry coulis aromas that blossom in the glass. The palate is medium-bodied, finely balanced, perhaps just a touch of greenness around that edges although that merely lends freshness. This is a not deep or structured Grand Puy Lacoste, quite saline towards the finish with moderate length. This is drinking now and will continue to do so for another 15 years or more. Tasted at the château. Drinking range: 2018 - 2035 Rating: 91 Neal Martin, www.vinous.com (May 2018)

Dark red. Inky, classic nose combines currant, spice, lead pencil and roasted nuts; ripe and aromatic. Ripe, layered and deep, with lovely vinosity and focus. Finishes firmly tannic but not dry, with notes of raw berries and currant leaf. Rating: 89 Stephen Tanzer's International Wine Cellar (May 2001)

Château Grand Puy Lacoste

Pauillac Cinquième Cru 1855.

If there's an estate that can rival Lynch Bages for the crown of most over-performing 5th Growth, it would be Grand-Puy-Lacoste.

The "Grand Puy" is the low gravelly hill on which the vineyards sit. In 1750 a portion were sold to Pierre Ducasse and became, obviously, Château Grand Puy Ducasse while the rest, after a couple of name changes owing to inheritance by daughters, became Château Grand Puy Lacoste.

The Borie family bought into Grand Puy Lacoste in 1978 and began quite a renaissance for the property.

Just a few kilometres from the town of Pauillac, the vineyards of Chateau Grand-Puy-Lacoste total roughly 36 hectares (90 acres) with Cabernet Sauvignon making up 75% of the total plantings and the rest belonging to Merlot (20%) and Cabernet Franc (5%). Typical of the region, the vineyard consists of a deep gravel top soil on a limestone base.

Production is about 12,000 cases of wine in an average year. Fermentation takes place in temperature controlled stainless steel tanks, and then the wines are placed into oak barrels (50% new) for 18 months of aging.

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