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LACOSTE BORIE

2021 du Château Grand Puy Lacoste Pauillac

Grapes Cab Franc, Merlot, Cab Sauv
Colour Red
Origin France, Bordeaux
Sub-district Haut Médoc
Village Pauillac

The 2021 Lacoste-Borie is a very pretty second wine. Crushed rose petal, mint, blood orange and white pepper add lovely aromatic presence to this silky, racy Pauillac. The balance here favors understatement and freshness, in an almost Pinot-like way. Drinking range: 2024 - 2031 Rating: 90 Antonio Galloni, www.vinous.com (May 2024)


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56 Cabernet Sauvignon, 36 Merlot, 8 Cabernet Franc | 60% new oak | 13% alc | 40 hl/ha | Harvested from 24 September to 8 October. There is always an air of grandeur about this reasonably priced wine. It borrows so much from its parents is cannot fail to exhibit genuine class, and this trait is clearly on display in the 2021 vintage. The colour is not as deep as in the hotter years, but there is a density of crimson-hued fruit in the centre of the glass that promises intensity of flavour, and it doesn’t disappoint. There is elegance countered with intensity, and the control and flair are unmistakable. This is a superb Lacoste-Borie. Rating: 17.5 Matthew Jukes www.matthewjukes.com (Jun 2022)

Perfumed and nicely polished second wine of Grand-Puy-Lacoste with pretty sandalwood, blackberry and currant notes. Some fresh herbs and mocha, too. Nicely framed with fleshy tannins. 56% cabernet sauvignon, 36% merlot and 8% cabernet franc. Rating: 92-93 James Suckling, www.jamessuckling.com (May 2022)

Juicy but restrained slate-textured tannins holding together blackcurrant and black cherry fruits. This has high acidities that make things are a little abrupt on the finish but this has a ton of Pauillac character, 40hl/h yield (35hl/h yield after selection). Drinking range: 2025 - 2036 Rating: 87 Jane Anson, www.janeanson.com (May 2022)

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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