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Grand Puy Ducasse 2023
Pauillac, Fifth Growth
| GBP Price: | Size | Quantities | Units | status | Actions |
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| £144 per Case | 6x75cl | 0 | - | [Add to shopping basket] |
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The 2023 Château Grand-Puy Ducasse is concentrated and inward, with a dense bouquet of smoky black fruit, iron, leafy tobacco, and lead pencil. This carries to a medium to full-bodied, concentrated Pauillac that has beautiful overall balance, ripe yet certainly building tannins, ample background oak, and a great finish. I love its overall balance, as well as its purity, but this brilliant Pauillac is going to be for those with a touch of patience. I suspect a solid 7-8 years should put it in the early stages of its drinking window, and it should have at least three decades of overall longevity. Score: 93 - 95 Jeb Dunnuck, JebDunnuck.com Date: 08 May 2024 |
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Inky plum colour, loaded up with Left Bank cassis and inky black fruits, crayon and liqourice root, balanced and sappy, but not giving too much away at the same time. A sign that this is becoming an estate to watch in Pauiillac, got to be one of the values of the vintage. Benjamin Cassoulet is the technical director from 2021. Score: 93 Jane Anson, Inside Bordeaux Maturity: 2029-2044 Date: 02 May 2024 |
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The 2023 Grand-Puy Ducasse is fabulous. In fact, the 2023 is one of the best recent vintages I have tasted here. A wine of grandeur and sweeping intensity, this Grand-Puy Ducasse is seriously impressive. Silky tannins enshroud a huge core of dark fruit. Hints of graphite, dried flowers, mint and spice appear later, adding shades of complexity. It's a magnificent effort by the team led by Technical Director Anne Le Naour. Tasted two times. Score: 93 - 95 Antonio Galloni, Vinous.com Maturity: 2030-2048 Date: 30 April 2024 |
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The 2023 Grand Puy Ducasse has one of the most impressive bouquets encountered from this estate in a number of years: blackberry, cedar and light floral notes, with a hint of pencil shavings in the background. This is Pauillac through and through, with newfound conviction. The palate is medium-bodied with crunchy black fruit, and a touch of dark chocolate and black pepper. There’s much more body and grip compared to previous vintages. Excellent. This may surpass their 2022. Score: 92 - 94 Neal Martin, Vinous.com Maturity: 2027-2047 Date: 29 April 2024 |
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Exhibiting aromas of dark berries, cedary pencil shavings and oak vanillin, the 2023 Grand-Puy-Ducasse is medium-bodied, firm and chewy, with a somewhat herbal finish. Score: 86 - 88 William Kelley, Wine Advocate, RobertParker.com Date: 26 April 2024 |
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Creamy and round tannins that are tight and polished, with a juicy character. Blackcurrant, chocolate and spice. Medium body. Chewy and polished. Score: 93 - 94 James Suckling, JamesSuckling.com Date: 24 April 2024 |
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