Château Grand-Puy-Lacoste

Pauillac 2022

The first grape plantings on what we know as Chateau Grand-Puy-Lacoste date from the 1500s and the property began to take its present shape in the 1700s. The beautiful château itself, still in use, was built in the second half of the 19th Century. Grand-Puy-Lacoste was classified a Cinquieme Cru (Fifth Growth) in the Bordeaux Classification of 1855. This 5eme Cru Classe Pauillac estate has for many years been consistently outperforming its classification. Vineyard area totals 55ha planted to Cabernet Sauvignon (75pct), Merlot (20pct) and Cabernet Franc (5pct). As is typical in Pauillac, deep, gravelly topsoil overlies a limestone base. The Grand Puy of the name is a low hill that interrupts the flat landscape. Owned by the prominent Borie family since 1978, the vineyard, cellars and winery have all been extensively renovated since 2004. The Grand Vin is classic Pauillac, full-bodied, tannic, concentrated and age-worthy, offering cassis, cedar, tobacco and truffle scents and a juicy mouthful of flavour. There is a second wine, Lacoste Borie.