2014 Château Grand-Puy-Lacoste
Community Tasting Note
acidqueen wrote:
92 Points
Thursday, March 21, 2024 - We decided to pull an early bottle of this since we have two cases. I rarely expect much from top level Bordeaux at 10 years and this was no different. Still, very enjoyable now and I expect the score to go up in the future. Decanted 90 minutes and drank with dinner. First whiff was decidedly oaky! This tempered over the decant but was still prominent. Good black fruit and cedar notes but clearly very young at this point. Good acid. Still very reticent. An interesting test, but not a wine I want to drink in less than 5 years and more likely 10 for my tastes. I want to see the oak integrate and the wine relax overall. I expect it will be much more enjoyable and I look forward to it.
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Comment posted by FredericoWines:
3/21/2024 4:56:00 PM - I had the same wine just last week and didn't find it too oaky but sweet vanilla that I liked.
Comment posted by acidqueen:
3/21/2024 5:02:00 PM - But isn’t sweet vanilla the mark of oak? Anyway, that is what I was talking about and I really thought it was too much. My taste.
Comment posted by ohne_musik:
3/22/2024 1:38:00 PM - Thanks for the data point, esp around the oak. I wouldn’t normally touch GPL until age 15 but given other recent reports about 14 being more of an “early drinking vintage” this is good to know.