Château Grand-Puy-Lacoste
Château Grand-Puy-Lacoste
AboutChâteau Grand-Puy-Lacoste
Château Grand-Puy-Lacoste has a family history reaching back to the sixteenth century. Rebuilt in 1855, the château entered the official classification of Médoc growths that same year. The Borie family acquired the estate in 1978, and François-Xavier Borie began renewing its vineyards and cellars.
Cabernet Sauvignon dominates fifty-five hectares of vines gathered in one block around the château on Pauillac’s deep gravel. The densely planted vines are cultivated mechanically, and the grapes are harvested by hand and sorted twice.
Château Grand-Puy-Lacoste 2005 Pauillac
French Red
Dense purple colour appears with crème de cassis, flowers, wet stones and blackcurrant. The wine is ripe, full-bodied and fleshy, with length and richness. Cabernet Sauvignon accounts for seventy-eight percent of the blend and Merlot for twenty-two percent. The grapes were hand picked. Maceration lasts about three weeks, while maturation lasts sixteen to eighteen months in French oak barrels.