Château Grand-Puy-Lacoste 2020
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Blend
76% Cabernet Sauvignon - 24% Merlot
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Blend
76% Cabernet Sauvignon - 24% Merlot
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Tasting note
The assemblage, blend, of Grand-Puy-Lacoste 2020 is again largely Cabernet Sauvignon, 76%, and demonstrates the ability of our terroir to express the character and charm of great Cabernet. Our wine is a deep reddish purple, intense and bright. The bouquet is of ripe black fruit, violets and spices. Complemented by an attractive mineral freshness. On the palate the first impression is of clean, balanced and persistent fruit, carried by its ripe and rounded tannins. The wine is finely knit, combining charm, elegance and freshness, with a long pure finish and pronounced aromatics.
Yet again, this fine vintage with its richness and complexity displays the impressive terroir of Grand Puy Lacoste. This can certainly be numbered among the great successes of the property.
- Total surface area of the estate
- 90 hectares around the Château
- Vineyard in production
- 60 hectares in one block around the Château
- Average age of the vineyard
- 38 years old
- Terroir
- Very deep coarse gravel
- Vineyard grape varieties
- 75% Cabernet Sauvignon - 20% Merlot - 5% Cabernet Franc
- Planting density
- 10 000 vines/hectares
- Grafting
- Riparia gloire & 101.14
- Vineyard management
- Mechanical ploughing of the soil Viticulture practices: Spraying kept to the absolute effective minimum
- Harvest
- Exclusively hand picked
- Grape sorting
- Two successive selections before and after the de-stemming process
- Vinification
- A long period of maceration (about 3 weeks)
- Aging
- In French oak barrels (75% new barrels each vintage) for between 16 to 18 months depending on the vintage.
- Owner - CEO
- M. François-Xavier BORIE
- General Manager
- M. Pierre-Antoine BORIE
- Director R&D - Oenologist
- Ms Christel SPINNER
- Cellar Master
- M. Benoît ESTASSY
- Head of Culture
- M. Antonio FLORES
- Consulting Oenologist
- M. Eric BOISSENOT
- General Manager / Public Relation
- Miss Emeline BORIE