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2014 Grand Puy Lacoste

By Chateau Grand Puy Lacoste

2014 Grand Puy Lacoste from Chateau Grand Puy Lacoste, Pauillac, Bordeaux

The 2014 vintage of Bordeaux paints a picture of resilience and deft vinicultural prowess. Even as the year presented vintners with challenges, the 2014 Grand Puy Lacoste from Chateau Grand Puy Lacoste emerges as a testament to the stoicism and mastery that defines Pauillac.

 

An Impeccable Pauillac Prodigy

In Pauillac, the land and its people have an inviolable bond which is exquisitely expressed in the harvests here. The 2014 Grand Puy Lacoste encapsulates this relationship, meticulously drawing the essence of Pauillac's deep gravel beds to give investors and collectors a prime specimen.

 

Celestial Alignment of Terroir and Technique

For connoisseurs with a predilection for depth and structure, the 2014 vintage is an intriguing study in precision. Bright, yet not precocious in youth; statuesque, yet supple enough to encourage early exploration. It delineates new dimensions in its spectrum of flavours from the refined cassis to a hint of cedar and tobacco – the classic hallmarks ingeniously reinterpreted in this particular year.

Vignerons recall the Indian summer of 2014 led to a late-flourishing ripeness that Pauillac welcomed; thus, carrying the promise of longevity. The prudent investor will note that it's this balance between immediate gratification and future splendour that renders the 2014 Grand Puy Lacoste from Chateau Grand Puy Lacoste most alluring.

 

A Narrative Woven from Noble Vines

With each sip, the broad-shouldered tannins eloquently converse with inherently robust fruit, both exuding and demanding respect. It is poised today, yet will unfurl elegantly with time in one’s cellar. One can say that investing in such a vintage is akin to possessing a cherished volume of literary canon – erudite and endlessly rewarding upon each revisit.

In sum, it is clear that the 2014 Grand Puy Lacoste articulates the confidence and sophistication of Chateau Grand Puy Lacoste's wine crafting tradition. An opportunity for diversification within an oenotheque, or robust enough to stand alone as a commanding presence amidst an assemblage of high-calibre investments.

Current market price

£440.00

12x75cl

Highest score

94

POP score

31.43

Scores and tasting notes

93-94

No tasting note available.

James Suckling - Jamesuckling.com (04/2015)

93-95

No tasting note available.

Neal Martin - The Wine Advocate

94

No tasting note available.

Tim Atkin - TimAtkin.com (04/2015)

93-96

No tasting note available.

Wine Spectator - The Wine Spectator

92

The 2014 Grand-Puy-Lacoste has a much more approachable nose than usual, vibrant with red cherries, wild strawberry and cedar aromas, backed up with mineral-soaked blackberry fruit. This gathers momentum wonderfully in the glass. The palate is medium-bodied with fine tannin. The acidity is very well judged with purity and elegance on the finish, if not the structure or backbone commonly found is very top vintages. I've been a bit conservative with my score at the moment, but I am sure it will prove its worth with 3-5 more years in bottle, hence the plus sign. One to watch.

Neal Martin - The Wine Advocate, 31 March 2017

17++

No tasting note available.

Jancis Robinson - JancisRobinson.com

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