2010 Château Grand-Puy-Lacoste Pauillac Bordeaux France Wine Tasting Note

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With seemingly endless layers of black and red fruit, salty rocks, flowers, tobacco leaf, and spearmint on the nose, and palate, this keeps on developing in the right direction. Concentrated, vibrant, and full-bodied, stylistically, the wine is perched on the corner of classic and creamy, with more layers of those black and red fruits on the palate and in the finish. Drink from 2023-2060.

With seemingly endless layers of black and red fruit, salty rocks, flowers, tobacco leaf, and spearmint on the nose, and palate, this keeps on developing in the right direction. Concentrated, vibrant, and full-bodied, stylistically, the wine is perched on the corner of classic and creamy, with more layers of those black and red fruits on the palate and in the finish. Drink from 2023-2060.

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This is super. It has everything needed to compete with the big boys, except the price. With layer after layer of ripe, sweet, fresh, pure fruits, great textures, refined tannins and a long finish, when this hits maturity, this is going to be a rockstar. If you're looking for a high quality, Classified Growth from the very expensive 2010 vintage, and you want the best wine for the money, this is the wine to buy.

This is super. It has everything needed to compete with the big boys, except the price. With layer after layer of ripe, sweet, fresh, pure fruits, great textures, refined tannins and a long finish, when this hits maturity, this is going to be a rockstar. If you're looking for a high quality, Classified Growth from the very expensive 2010 vintage, and you want the best wine for the money, this is the wine to buy.

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Deep in color, the wine is packed with earth, black cherry, truffle, cedar chest, licorice, leaf and forest floor. On the palate, the wine is rich, deep, full bodied and concentrated with ripe cassis, round tannins, fleshy fruits with ample freshness. This is a vintage to lay down for aging. With the 1990 vintage still tasting young, and the 1982 which will also improve at 30 years of age, the 2010 should enjoy a long life. This is one of the top values for a classified growth today.

Deep in color, the wine is packed with earth, black cherry, truffle, cedar chest, licorice, leaf and forest floor. On the palate, the wine is rich, deep, full bodied and concentrated with ripe cassis, round tannins, fleshy fruits with ample freshness. This is a vintage to lay down for aging. With the 1990 vintage still tasting young, and the 1982 which will also improve at 30 years of age, the 2010 should enjoy a long life. This is one of the top values for a classified growth today.

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Grand Puy Lacoste 83% Cabernet Sauvignon and 17% Merlot were blended to produce a deep colored wine that expresses toasty oak, cassis, coffee, jammy dark berries, tobacco and olive tapenade aromas that pair well with the full-bodied, bite of concentrated Cabernet Sauvignon, spice and cassis. Along with the stellar 2005, this is the best vintage of this wine since the outstanding 2000. 94-96 Pts

Grand Puy Lacoste 83% Cabernet Sauvignon and 17% Merlot were blended to produce a deep colored wine that expresses toasty oak, cassis, coffee, jammy dark berries, tobacco and olive tapenade aromas that pair well with the full-bodied, bite of concentrated Cabernet Sauvignon, spice and cassis. Along with the stellar 2005, this is the best vintage of this wine since the outstanding 2000. 94-96 Pts

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When to Drink Chateau Grand Puy Lacoste, Anticipated Maturity, Decanting Time

Chateau Grand Puy Lacoste needs time in the cellar before it is ready to drink. Young vintages can be decanted for at least 2-4 hours, give or take. This allows the wine to soften and open its perfume.

Older vintages might need very little decanting, just enough to remove the sediment. Chateau Grand Puy Lacoste is usually better with at least 12-20 years of bottle age. Of course, that can vary slightly, depending on the vintage character. Chateau Grand Puy Lacoste should offer its best drinking and reach peak maturity between 12-35 years of age after the vintage.

Serving Chateau Grand Puy Lacoste with Wine and Food Pairings

Chateau Grand Puy Lacoste is best served at 15.5 degrees Celsius, 60 degrees Fahrenheit. The cool, almost cellar temperature gives the wine more freshness and lift.

Chateau Grand Puy Lacoste is best paired with all types of classic meat dishes, veal, pork, beef, lamb, duck, game, roast chicken, roasted, braised, and grilled dishes. Chateau Grand Puy Lacoste is also good when matched with Asian dishes, rich fish courses like tuna, mushrooms, pasta and a myriad of hard and soft cheeses.

Grand Puy Lacoste is a classic, age-worthy, style of Pauillac. It's a full-bodied, tannic, concentrated Bordeaux wine that ages well. This Bordeaux wine offers cassis, cedar, tobacco, and truffle scents and a juicy mouth full of flavor

Interestingly, the wine became one of the first popular, non First Growth Bordeaux brands to sell in China and in other countries in Asia as well.

In part, their initial success in China had to do with the last word for the name of the chateau, Lacoste. The name Lacoste gave a memorable nickname to Grand Puy Lacoste, which was soon called the alligator wine in China, due to the name being the same as the famous sports clothing designer, with the crocodile logo.

The wine of Chateau Grand Puy Lacoste has not always been consistent. But clearly, in some vintages, like 1982 and 1990, the wine can be as good as the Super Seconds. However, the estate has really been on a roll starting with the 2000 vintage. 2009, followed by an even better 2010 Grand Puy Lacoste are really great wines. In fact, those 2 years could be the two best vintages ever produced at Chateau Grand Puy Lacoste!

If you ever get the chance to visit this beautiful property do not miss the stunning gardens, a lake with swans, and greenery behind the house. And be sure to ask about the 2 full-sized, plastic cows near the lake.

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