Château Grand-Puy-Lacoste

Pauillac Red Bordeaux Blend

9.129 ratings
9.15 pro ratings
Pauillac, Médoc, Bordeaux, France
Red Bordeaux Blend
Top Notes For
Matté

Manager The Wine Cellars

9.2

Smells like a race horse this one, smoky, sadle leather, very light tough of brett with some very broody Danson fruit, wood smoke, Chinese spice. Well evolved palate with plush blue and black fruit and powdery tannins. Really drinking very well at the mo.

Smells like a race horse this one, smoky, sadle leather, very light tough of brett with some very broody Danson fruit, wood smoke, Chinese spice. Well evolved palate with plush blue and black fruit and powdery tannins. Really drinking very well at the mo.

2 people found it helpfulJul 4th, 2015
Jimmy Smith

Director, West and North London Wine School

9.0

1998: tough year, with rain affected fruit. But good breed on the nose, fullish depth, meaty, witha hint of black olive. Still showing deep blackcurrant, and light tobacco, cigar and smoke. Very soft, but still showing light grip in places. Acidity is very diminished, wouldn't want to age this any more. Meaty, med to full and good classic Pauillac.

1998: tough year, with rain affected fruit. But good breed on the nose, fullish depth, meaty, witha hint of black olive. Still showing deep blackcurrant, and light tobacco, cigar and smoke. Very soft, but still showing light grip in places. Acidity is very diminished, wouldn't want to age this any more. Meaty, med to full and good classic Pauillac.

1 person found it helpfulJul 4th, 2015
Matté

Manager The Wine Cellars

8.7

Murky, smokey Hoi sin & forest mulch with a touch of bitter cherry. Dusty tannins, dark fruit. Interesting

Murky, smokey Hoi sin & forest mulch with a touch of bitter cherry. Dusty tannins, dark fruit. Interesting

Dec 15th, 2014
Alexandre Pagliano

Very dark purple robe with slight “brick” on the rim, very cabernet nose with blackcurrant, asphalt, cigar box, tobacco and top soil notes, fresh, balanced and complex, floral notes and hints of oak spices, its complex and balanced. Pretty long and great with food. We loved it !!!

Very dark purple robe with slight “brick” on the rim, very cabernet nose with blackcurrant, asphalt, cigar box, tobacco and top soil notes, fresh, balanced and complex, floral notes and hints of oak spices, its complex and balanced. Pretty long and great with food. We loved it !!!

Sep 11th, 2022
Mario Bemelen

Cork?

Cork?

Jan 26th, 2022
Jonathan McCarthy

Absolutely gorgeous. Hoisin, baked plum, worn leather, saddlery, black olive, horsetails. Gorgeous mix of fruit and savory. Wonderful integration... integrity of the balance is perfect. Get your hands on this.

Absolutely gorgeous. Hoisin, baked plum, worn leather, saddlery, black olive, horsetails. Gorgeous mix of fruit and savory. Wonderful integration... integrity of the balance is perfect. Get your hands on this.

Jan 19th, 2019
Devin Bostick

Wood clam some light jam ocean

Wood clam some light jam ocean

May 4th, 2018
Samuel Knight

Classical, in-sync, drink now, 2018

Classical, in-sync, drink now, 2018

Mar 11th, 2018
Jeroen Koenen

Classic, old-fashioned leftbanker. Cedar, cigarbox, forestfloor, fading berries in the back. This Pauillac has always struck me as a modest, light-to-medium-bodied interpretation of the appellation. It's very good, though.

Classic, old-fashioned leftbanker. Cedar, cigarbox, forestfloor, fading berries in the back. This Pauillac has always struck me as a modest, light-to-medium-bodied interpretation of the appellation. It's very good, though.

Jun 23rd, 2015
Laury Luo

Tannin + surprisingly light

Tannin + surprisingly light

May 30th, 2013