Chateau Grand-Puy-Lacoste 5eme Cru Classe, Pauillac 2022
$570.00
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Drinking window
Not ready · best from 2039 · will keep to 2065.
Tasting notes
Jane Anson · Decanter · 97
Georgie Hindle · Decanter · 96
Gorgeous vibrant purple colour in the glass, deep and darkly scented, black bramble fruits, flowers, cinnamon, dark chocolate and liquorice. Firm and forward, this is generous but sleek, so you get power, concentration, juicy liveliness, and great tension and energy. I really do like the ease of this; it's not trying too hard but delivered with poise, punch and purity.
An excellent wine that really over-delivers - so well presented, detailed, finessed and refined but still with the strength coming at the end in the wave of liquorice, dark chocolate and wet stone terroir markers. A brilliant wine with the potential to deliver such excellent drinking pleasure. I love it.
3.57pH. A yield of 38hl/ha. 60% grand vin, 40% second wine. Eric Boissenot consultant. Harvest 7-23 September. Yield of 38hl/ha. Ageing in French oak, 75% new.
Drink 2027 - 2050
Neal Martin · Vinous · 96
James Suckling · James Suckling · 95-96
A very structured and rich red with blackberry and chocolate. Full-bodied with a solid core of fine tannins and a fresh and muscular finish. Dusty texture. Yet it remains bright and vivid. 3.55 pH. 79% cabernet sauvignon, 21% merlot.
William Kelley · Wine Advocate · 95
Lisa Perrotti-Brown MW · Wine Advocate · 93-95
Antonio Galloni · Vinous · 92-94
The 2022 Grand-Puy-Lacoste is a very pretty wine. Forward and quite showy, the 2022 comes across as a wine that will drink well with minimal cellaring. Succulent dark cherry, plum, leather, incense and dried herbs are nicely delineated.
There’s good complexity and depth, but the radiance of the year is front and centre. Hints of blood orange, pomegranate, spice and a pretty rose petal/violet note linger.
Drink 2030 - 2052
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