Grand-Puy-Lacoste

Specification

Producer

Grand-Puy-Lacoste

Region

Bordeaux

Where

Pauillac, Bordeaux

Classification

Fifth Growth (1855)

Grapes

Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, Cabernet Franc

Vintage

1996

Case

12 x 75cl OWC

Held at

Wine Tunnels, London City Bond (in bond)

Code

GRAPUY9612X75

About this wine

Grand-Puy-Lacoste is a textbook Pauillac, led by Cabernet Sauvignon with Merlot and a little Cabernet Franc. It has pure blackcurrant fruit, cedar and firm, fine tannins, and is balanced rather than heavy. It generally needs ten years to show its best and good vintages age for twenty to thirty years.

About Grand-Puy-Lacoste

Château Grand-Puy-Lacoste lies on a gravel ridge in the west of Pauillac and was ranked Fifth Growth in the 1855 Classification. It was bought in 1978 by Jean-Eugène Borie of Château Ducru-Beaucaillou, and is now run by his son, François-Xavier Borie.

The vineyard is planted mainly with Cabernet Sauvignon, and the estate is known for a classic Pauillac style, with blackcurrant fruit, structure and freshness. Grand-Puy-Lacoste is often said to perform well above its classification and is valued by collectors for its consistency. The second wine is Lacoste-Borie.