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Grand Puy Lacoste 2021
Pauillac, Fifth Growth
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| Units | Size | Case size | GBP Price: | Quantities | Buy |
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| 18 | 75cl Bottle | Case 6 | £300 per Case | Cases | [Add to shopping basket] |
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The 2021 Grand-Puy-Lacoste is a super-expressive wine. Cabernet Sauvignon drives the blend, and that translates in the wine's flavor profile. Plum, dried herbs, menthol and spice gradually emerge. Although the 2021 is a bit tight today, it comes across as more of a medium-term proposition. Score: 93 Antonio Galloni, Inside Bordeaux Maturity: 2028-2043 30 April 2024 |
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There are dark fruits and Pauillac typcity, with baking spices, undergrowth and slate character, but the acidity on the finish is highlighting the angular tannins. 40hl/h yield (35hl/h yield after selection). Eric Boissenot consultant. Score: 87 Jane Anson, Inside Bordeaux Maturity: 2025-2036 02 April 2024 |
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The 2021 Grand Puy Lacoste, matured in around 70% new oak and bottled in June 2023, is about as classic a Bordeaux as you will find in contemporary Bordeaux, which is not unexpected given the vintage and château in question. Black fruit, cedar and tobacco unfurl on the nose with pencil shavings coming through with time—it is much more open and expressive compared to recent vintages. The palate is medium-bodied with grainy tannins, one of the most saline vintages in recent years with a gentle build toward the finish. It's not a showstopper. It's not the apotheosis of GPL. But you'll finish the bottle and probably want another glass. Score: 93 Neal Martin, Inside Bordeaux Maturity: 2026-2055 22 February 2024 |
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Very fine and polished tannins with lovely balance and beauty. Blackberries, blackcurrants and a creamy texture. Lovely finesse and focus. There’s delicacy and beauty to this. 85% cabernet sauvignon and 15% merlot. Score: 94 - 95 James Suckling, JamesSuckling.com 01 May 2022 |
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The 2021 Grand-Puy-Lacoste is a beauty, bursting with aromas of dark berries, plums, rose petals, violets, warm spices and cigar wrapper. Medium to full-bodied, supple and seamless, it's fleshy and enveloping, with melting tannins, succulent acids and a pleasure-bent, demonstrative personality. While it's clear that this is an irresistibly charming, satisfying Pauillac from the Borie family, it wouldn't surprise me to see it acquire additional depth, flesh and seriousness with further barrel maturation. Score: 92 - 94 William Kelley, Wine Advocate, RobertParker.com 29 April 2022 |
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