Pauillac

by Chateau Grand Puy Lacoste 2005

$349.99 ($1,049.97 /case)

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Pauillac by Chateau Grand Puy Lacoste 2005

Pauillac

by Chateau Grand Puy Lacoste 2005

$349.99 ($1,049.97 /case)

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Producer : Château Grand Puy-Lacoste

Food Pairing : Cured Meat, Red Meat, Steak

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Tasting Notes

"The Château Grand Puy Lacoste 2005 has a brilliant, classic pencil-lead nose that is Pauillac through and through. There is no messin' about here. The palate is very well defined with wonderful acidity, great depth of black fruit with an astonishingly precise finish that just takes your breath away. Is it the best 2005 of the vintage? Not quite, but it belongs in the top tier. And factor in value for money, I would be happy sitting on a big pile of this in my cellar to drink over the rest of my lifetime and the afterlife if that exists too. Drink 2020 - 2060."

97 Points -Neal Martin, The Wine Advocate

Specs

More Information
Price of Case	$1, 049.97
Point Score	97
Cellaring	Drink Now or Cellar
Sweetness	XD - Extra Dry See Sweetness Chart
Bottle Size	750 ml
Producer	Château Grand Puy-Lacoste
Alcohol	13.5% alc./vol.
Style	Warm and spicy reds
Vintage	2005
Farming Method	Traditional
Food Pairing	Cured Meat, Red Meat, Steak
Descriptors	Earthy, Fruity
Wine Type	Red
Wood Presence	Oaked
Body	Medium
Grapes	Bordeaux Blend

The Producer

Château Grand Puy-Lacoste

Château Grand-Puy-Lacoste is a winery in the Pauillac appellation of the Bordeaux region of France. Chateau Grand-Puy-Lacoste is also the name of the red wine produced by this property. The wine produced here was classified as one of eighteen Cinquièmes Crus (Fifth Growths) in the Bordeaux Wine Official Classification of 1855.

This winery shares a part of its name with Château Grand-Puy-Ducasse. Grand Puy is the name of a low gravelly hill which used to be owned in its entirety by the same estate. Parts of the vineyards on this hill were sold in 1750 to a man by the name Pierre Ducasse. The estate containing the remaining vineyards, the present day Château Grand-Puy-Lacoste, has been known under several names which have changed when daughters of the owning family have married. It was known as Saint-Guiron in the mid-19th century after a marriage to a monsieur de Saint-Guiron, and acquired its present name one generation later when a daughter married a man by the name François Lacoste.

Situated a few kilometers from the town of Pauillac, the vineyards of Chateau Grand-Puy-Lacoste total roughly 36 hectares (90 acres) with Cabernet Sauvignon making up 75% of the total plantings and the rest belonging to Merlot (20%) and Cabernet Franc (5%). Typical of the region, the vineyard consists of a deep gravel top soil on a limestone base.

Chateau Grand-Puy-Lacoste produces about 12,000 cases of wine in an average year. Fermentation takes place in temperature controlled stainless steel tanks, and then the wines are placed into oak barrels (50% new) for 18 months of aging.