drink-now2012 Château Grand-Puy-Lacoste, Pauillac

The elegance and finesse of the vintage plays to the strengths of Ch. Grand-Puy-Lacoste and this one of the stand out wines of the vintage. Very pure and focused blackcurrant cassis fruit appears on the nose, with lighter redcurrant and cherry notes mixed with cigar box and lead pencil. A linear quality is found on the palate with some serious tannins and weight for the year. There is a creamy sweetness too, but all the while the elegance and poise of Grand-Puy-Lacoste stands out.

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{region}Pauillac{region}

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{vintage}2012{vintage}

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[]Robert Parker:: 87-89/100

[]Wine Advocate:: 91/100  

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