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Vintage | Wine 1982 |
Classification | Médoc - 5ème Cru Classé |
Region | Bordeaux |
Appellation | Pauillac |
Colour | Red |
Volume | 0.75 l |
Country | France |
Château | Château Grand Puy Lacoste |
Country | France |
The Château Grand-Puy Lacoste is a french estate in Pauillac in Gironde. The vineyard has 55 hectares of vines. The Château Grand Puy Lacoste is a Fifth Classified Growth in the 1855 Médoc wine classification.
The Château produces a second wine, Lacoste-Borie. It is made from Cabernet Sauvignon, Cabernet Franc and, of course, Merlot grapes.
The best years of the Château Grand-Puy Lacoste are the vintages 1947, 1949 and 1959, 1970 wines, crus classés of 1982 and 1986. Then, the vintages 1990 and 1994 are exceptional.
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(06-2017)
(11-2012) Tasted at Pebbles/Zachy’s 1982 dinner in Hong Kong. This has always been one of the standout wines of the vintage even though it was ferociously backward for many years and only now seems to be entering its drinking plateau. This bottle is consistent with the one last year: broody fruit of blackberry, blueberry and cedar with a lifted scent of bay leaf. The palate is medium-bodied with firm tannins that provide this Pauillac with a rigid backbone. It is masculine, an “inward-looking” Claret, traditional in style but with wonderful depth and length on the symmetrical finish. This is an awesome, redoubtable Pauillac for hardcore claret-lovers only! Tasted November 2012.