Château Grand-Puy-Lacoste 2008
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Blend
69% Cabernet Sauvignon - 28% Merlot - 3% Cabernet Franc
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Blend
69% Cabernet Sauvignon - 28% Merlot - 3% Cabernet Franc
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Tasting note
The 2008 Grand-Puy-Lacoste presents an intense ruby red color. On the nose, it offers blackberries aromas dominated by the cassis. In the mouth, this wine has a great aromatic attack with a lot of texture and fruits. Its breed is evident in the splendid length of the finish.
Its shows already great balance and style, but it will need time to age to express all its charm.
- 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 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
- 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