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2005 Château Grand-Puy-Lacoste |
| Vintage | 2005 |  Label 1 of 18   | |
| Type | Red | ||
| Producer | Château Grand-Puy-Lacoste (web) | ||
| Variety | Red Bordeaux Blend | ||
| Designation | n/a | ||
| Vineyard | n/a | ||
| Country | France | ||
| Region | Bordeaux | ||
| SubRegion | Médoc | ||
| Appellation | Pauillac |
| Community Tasting History |
Community Tasting Notes (average 91.4 pts. and median of 93 pts. in 12 notes) | |
| Tasted by jrube on 2/3/2010 & rated 92 points: (398 views) | |
| Tasted by SimonH on 12/30/2009 & rated 85 points: Nice bright wine with great length that drank well on Christmas day. However it was ultimately disappointing for a 2005. I was expecting a much greater concentration of fruit and complexity on nose and palette despite 2h of decanting. Having paid over $100 for this wine I will not be buying any more (1081 views) | |
| Tasted by tbabes on 11/21/2009 & rated 94 points: I knew this was infanticide going in, but with 2+ cases in the cellar, I thought it would be educational. Popped and poured. A dark purple core with pink overtones; obviously very youthful appearance. Notes of black currants, lilly and crushed stones. Medium-bodied, with good acidity and ripe tannins; perfect balance. Nice focus on the finish; this one will certainly age and improve for years. Slight preference for the 2000 at a similar age. (1308 views) | |
| Tasted by Purple Grillz on 9/16/2009 & rated 82 points: There is a nose of animal fur, old wood and old plumbing. Color was appropriate to watered down flavors of apple skins, green strawberries, and municipal water fountain. There are some pencil shavings and graphite but that is about the only thing holding this up. I guess this is how you get a wine to last 40+ years, you get it as close to mineral water as you can. What a joke. (2245 views) | |
| Tasted by kr0n0 on 6/30/2009 & rated 95 points: Excellent equilibrium, a nice classic pauillac style ! This wine drinks good now but can last a long time. Just lovely. (2587 views) | |
| Tasted by plhew on 3/20/2009 & rated 93 points: Very very closed upon opening and we drank it too fast, but see where it really has potential with time. Do not open another for min 3 years (3447 views) | |
| Tasted by MRichman on 12/2/2008: 2005 Horizontal (North Square, NYC): Classic Pauillac. Dense fruit, muscular, herbal. Classy profile with some notes of coffee. B++ (3791 views) | |
| Tasted by Keith Levenberg on 12/2/2008 & rated 88 points: 2005 Bordeaux Test Drive (North Square): Bright, ripe, red cherry fruit but not jammy. Definitely sweet but not over the top. Has a touch of the usual Pauillac graphite and shows its oak on the finish, but there's good suppleness here and more of the fruit peeking through than most of the other wines today. (4284 views) | |
| Tasted by slave2thevine on 10/15/2008: With a wonderful presence of subtle smoke, strong scents of graphite, black fruits, and well integrated wood this was lovely to smell. In the mouth this was very tight but showed lovely blue & black fruits. This will be an outstanding wine given the time in the cellar that it deserves. (4035 views) | |
| Tasted by cgrimes on 10/15/2008 & rated 93 points: Dark ruby color, almost purple. Nose of violets, dark fruits, cassis, some tobacco, smoke. Similar palate with dense fruit, some minerality, strong, mouth-coating tannins. Very primary now but this will be a beauty. Was WOTN along with the Pichon Lalande. (3999 views) | |
| Tasted by tefus on 9/13/2008 & rated 97 points: Phenomenal, dark ruby red, decanted for four hours, tight nose, flavors of graphite, pencil shavings, and sweet cherries, thick tannins, refreshing acidity, 40 second finish. Needs much more time, but is exceptionally good right now. Might be a 100 points with time. (4213 views) | |
| Tasted by pea on 8/31/2006 & rated 95 points: (4138 views) |
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About red wine The variety Red Bordeaux Blend on CellarTracker implies any blend using any or all of the five traditional Bordeaux varieties: Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, Cabernet Franc, Petit Verdot and Malbec. As such, this is used worldwide, whether for wines from Bordeaux, Meritages from California and Canada, some Super-Tuscan wines etc. Vins de France (Office National Interprofessionnel des Vins ) | Pages Vins, Directory of French Winegrowers | French Wine (Wikipedia) Vins Bordeaux (Conseil Interprofessionnel du Vin de Bordeaux) | Simple Bordeaux primer Vins du Médoc (Conseil des Vins du Médoc) The eight precisely defined appellations of the whole of the Médoc (from Blanquefort Brook to the north of the Bordeaux built-up area, almost to the Pointe de Grave) may claim the Médoc appellation. But there is also a specific territory in the north of the peninsula which produces exclusively wines with this appellation. In the great majority, the Médocs come from the north of the peninsula. The great individuality of this region is that the number of vines has increased more recently here than elsewhere, apart from a few isolated spots where vines have grown for many years. Today, the size of the small estate has brought about the development of a powerful co-operative movement. Four co-operatives out of five belong to the group called Unimédoc which ensures aging, bottling and marketing a large proportion of their wines. Looking full onto the river from the earliest days, with an important port activity, traces of which go back to ancient times (shipment of bronze as long ago as 2000 B.C.), Pauillac's life has always been intimately linked to the history of wine. Although port activities were at the root of its prosperity, Pauillac had to wait until the eighteenth century when Bordeaux ceased to hold its privileged position to become a wine port. The town then became the natural outlet for the wine production of neighbouring cantons before reaching its zenith in a period when the vineyards were exceptionally prosperous. The characteristic of the Pauillac terroir is its exceptional relief: the many undulating ridges make it unique morphologically speaking. Highly favourable conditions facilitate the dissection of the layer of gravel. This thin, Garonne gravel from whose very poverty springs great richness, has an extremely effective natural drainage. With their velvet red colour with a hint of amber, the wines from the Pauillac appellation, full-bodied and rich in tannin, are vigorous. Powerful when young, their aromas of red fruits (black-currant, raspberry) or flowers (violets, roses, irises) melt with the passing of time into a bouquet which is long in the mouth. Rich and complex, the wines of Pauillac deserve to be laid down for a little longer. Production conditions (Decree dated November 14, 1936) In order to have the right to the Pauillac appellation of controlled origin, red wines must: - come from the commune of Pauillac and from precisely defined parcels in the communes of Cissac, Saint-Julien, Saint-Estèphe and Saint-Sauveur, "excluding the parcels situated on recent alluvium and sand on impermeable subsoils", - satisfy precise production conditions : grape-varieties (Cabernet-Sauvignon, Cabernet-Franc, Carmenère, Merlot Noir, Petit Verdot, Cot or Malbec), minimum of sugar (178 grammes - 6.27 oz. - per litre of must) degree (an acquired 10°5) base yield (45 hectolitres per hectare). |
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