Community Tasting Note
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Léognan Likes this wine: 93 points
March 3, 2024 - Château Grand-Puy-Lacoste Pauillac GCC 2012 13.5% ABV
(76% CS / 24% M)
Best P&P at 15°C, but maintains its level with warming (up to 18/19°) and with prolonged airing.
Colour: deep dark purple, (almost) without ageing tones
Nose: delicately scented with cassis, réglisse, cherries and also some plum
Palate: again cassis, some blueberry, then cherries. Subtle cedar wood with a slight hint of green juniper, graphite, which, after a brief burst of very youthful acidity, carries into a quite long finish of a refreshingly stony nature, in which redcurrants then also quietly emerge.
This Pauillac from a rather modest Bdx year is drinking very well right now, appears fresh, almost youthful and rather delicate for a Pauillac, but very rich in nuances. Tobacco is almost completely absent, which I don't see as a shortcoming in this wine.
Will probably maintain its current level for another 5-7 years (with good cellaring), but I don't think it will improve significantly.
(93 points; I'm looking forward to the 14)
5 days later: not far from 94 points3 people found this helpful 1,753 views