Château Grand-Puy-Lacoste 1998
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Blend
70% Cabernet Sauvignon - 30% Merlot
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Blend
70% Cabernet Sauvignon - 30% Merlot
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Tasting note
The 1998 Grand Puy Lacoste has a bright ruby red color.
On the nose, there is a wide range of aromas, predominantly blackcurrant and mixed spices.
It is very generous on the palate; depth of flavor and evident breeding are combined with fine tannins and good fruit.
This wine shows great balance and style, it has considerable charm now and will give real pleasure for many years to come.
- Total surface area of the estate
- 90 hectares around the Château
- Vineyard in production
- 55 hectares in one block around the Château
- Average age of the vineyard
- 38 years
- 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 (50% new barrels each vintage) for between 16 to 18 months depending on the vintage.
- Owner
- M. François-Xavier BORIE
- Cellar Master
- M. Philippe GOUZE
- Head of Culture
- M. Marc DUVOCELLE
- Consulting Oenologist
- MM. Jacques & Eric BOISSENOT
- Public Relation
- Miss Emeline BORIE