2012 Château Grand-Puy-Lacoste

Community Tasting Notes (90) Avg Score: 91.2 points

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  4/28/2024 - JChan wrote: 92 Points

  Delicious, blackcurrant and blue berries, medium to full bodied, with little hint of vanilla, smooth and juicy. Ready for drink now

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  3/3/2024 - Léognan Likes this wine: 93 Points

  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 points

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  1/28/2024 - Romz wrote: flawed

  28.01.2024 - early birthday dinner at Pyro for my eldest boy. Popped ard 6.30pm in the restaurant and decanted. It is now almost 10pm and I am still struggling with this. Heavy oak & not as well integrated as I would have wanted. Took a lot of coaxing to sniff out the dark fruit, cassis, slight roasted capsicum & some mint. Palate is still firm with the oak overpowering the layers & felt very disjointed. Could be a provenance issue

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  12/27/2023 - Doc2 Likes this wine:

  Absolutely delicious.

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  12/8/2023 - Bullsgate Likes this wine: 93 Points

  Gave it three hours in the carafe before consuming. Lovely wine! Aromas of plums, spices and wood. Slightly developed palate, plums, tannins starting to melt, good length. A triumph for GPL, superb match with a fine cut of meat.

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