2020 Chateau Grand-Puy-Lacoste Pauillac [JS96][V96][WS96][JD95+][D95]

Producer: Chateau Grand Puy Lacoste 
Region: Pauillac, Bordeaux, France
Blend: 76% Cabernet Sauvignon, 24% Merlot 
Year: 2020 

James Suckling, 96 Points 

"A transparent and clear young Pauillac with blackcurrant, mushroom, chocolate, and wet earth. Full-bodied, layered and flavorful with fine, velvety tannins. Plenty of graphite and blue fruit at the end." 

Vinous, 96 Points 

"The 2020 Grand-Puy-Lacoste fulfils its promise from barrel. It has a very sophisticated and complex bouquet with black fruit, pencil shavings and light estuarine scents, beautifully defined and focused. The palate has real intensity and concentration, the precision belying a very intense GPL not unlike the 2016 with a persistent graphite-infused finish that is just pure finesse. Magnificent." 

Wine Spectator, 96 Points 

"A nice, tightly coiled Pauillac, with a blitz of iron and savory notes wrapped around a core of cassis, damson plum and black cherry. Sleek and tightly focused, with the iron note leaving a mouthwatering echo. Plenty tight through the finish too, so patience is needed here. Cabernet Sauvignon and Merlot." 

Jeb Dunnuck, 95+ Points

"Cassis, graphite, smoked tobacco, and crushed stone-like minerality all emerge from the 2020 Château Grand-Puy Lacoste, a more focused, classic effort that has gorgeous purity of fruit, ripe, building tannins, and flawless balance." 

Decanter, 95 Points 

"Enjoyable, powerful, concentrated, not the most generous of GPLs but they have captured the essence of Pauillac, and it's hard to resist. Sappy juicy finish, full of cassis, mint leaf and pencil lead along the way with a clear tightness to the tannic frame." 

Alcohol: 13.5% 

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