Château Grand-Puy-Lacoste, 2025
Château Grand-Puy-Lacoste, 2025
- 75cl
- 13.5%
- Red Still
- Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, Cabernet Franc
- Organic
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Grand-Puy-Lacoste sits amongst Pauillac's finest, producing wines that capture everything we love about Left Bank Bordeaux without the hysteria of the first growths. The Borie family has guided this fifth growth since 1978, crafting wines that are serious but not stern, structured but never austere.
What the critics say:
"Deep dark ruby garnet, opaque core, violet reflections, delicate edge brightening. Fresh, ripe heart cherries, a hint of cassis and blackberry confit, a hint of mandarin zest, red berry nuances underneath, floral touch. Juicy, lively, red forest berry confit, fine tannins, mineral-salty, an elegant, well adhering food companion, delicate and long lasting."
"Excellent GPL, medium- to full-bodied with a great expression of dark fruit that is evenly distributed. It’s fresh and precise with grainy, integrated tannins that should only integrate more. A blend of 76% cabernet sauvignon and 24% merlot."
The 90-hectare vineyard sits on the Bages plateau, where deep gravel beds over clay-limestone subsoil provide perfect drainage and heat retention. These Günzian gravel soils, deposited by ancient rivers, force the vines to dig deep for water and nutrients. The elevated position catches cooling breezes from the Gironde whilst the gravel radiates heat during ripening, creating the perfect conditions for slow, even maturation of Cabernet Sauvignon.
Pauillac represents Left Bank Bordeaux at its most regal, home to three first growths and a constellation of exceptional estates. The commune's deep gravel soils and proximity to the Gironde estuary create ideal conditions for Cabernet Sauvignon, producing wines of extraordinary power and longevity. Pauillac reds are built for the cellar, developing cedar, graphite, and tobacco complexity over decades. The appellation demands a minimum of 11% alcohol and 18 months ageing before release.
The 2025 Bordeaux vintage emerged from one of the most demanding growing seasons in recent memory — the earliest budbreak since 1989, June temperatures second only to 2003 since records began, and an unusually early harvest beginning in August for the whites. Conditions that should have produced heavy, overripe wines. They didn't. Decanter's Georgie Hindle, who tasted close to 200 wines ahead of the formal campaign, describes "exceptional concentration, aromatic purity and a freshness that contradicts the record-breaking heat.
The early critical consensus places 2025 stylistically between the precision of 2020 and the structure of 2016, with the brightness of 2023 — a combination that suggests a very serious vintage indeed. Yields are dramatically low, the smallest crop since 1991, with production across the Gironde running around 15% below the five-year average. The quality is here. There simply isn't very much of it.
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