Château Grand-Puy-Lacoste 2005
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Blend
78% Cabernet Sauvignon - 22% Merlot
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Blend
78% Cabernet Sauvignon - 22% Merlot
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Tasting note
The 2005 Grand-Puy-Lacoste exhibits classic Pauillac aromas. It is a beautiful, dense purple-tinged effort displaying a sweet, pure perfume of crème de cassis, flowers and wet stones. With a fabulous ripeness, it is a full-bodied wine with a fleshy attack, mid-palate and finish. It offers a gorgeous length as well as richness. The purity of this beauty's black currant fruit is something to behold.
- 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 (75% 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