1981 Château Grand-Puy-Lacoste

Community Tasting Notes (24) Avg Score: 90.1 points

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  4/10/2024 - Vinophil2000 Likes this wine: 89 Points

  Tag 1: Circa 300ml am ersten Tag getrunken. Fast den ganzen Rest am zweiten Tag. Top shoulder Flasche. Am zweiten Tag gefiel er mir mit Vakuum noch besser als am ersten. Rootbeerig, etwas Tabak, ein femininer Pauillac. War vor 10-20 Jahren vermutlich (noch) stärker. Die Alterstöne sind jedoch nicht unangenehm oder dominant. Dennoch bald trinken! Bis 2026+?! Startete mit 86 Punkten. Später dann eher 89 als 90.

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  7/24/2023 - Dulcie and Aylwin wrote:

  It is not without some anxiety that I approach these old bottles: have I left them too long? Will all that time have gone to ruin? Thankfully, and almost miraculously, nine years on from the last tasting note, forty-two years on from the vintage and forty or so since acquiring it at the now laughable price of $12.41 a bottle. I note that my notes from 2014 would almost match those of this bottle word for word. Color still brilliant with very little bricking; initial aroma still intoxicatingly cedary and perfumed; abundant bright berry fruit with moderate acidity. Hard to find fault in this wine from a widely disparaged vintage.

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  11/20/2021 - VAGentleman wrote: 93 Points

  Elegant perfume over top of funk of aging. Red fruit in full expression with forest, some tobacco, cola. Lovely.

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  12/25/2018 - jeffreylubowski Likes this wine: 91 Points

  Xmas eve. Holding up very nicely. Considering the mediocre vintage, this is a hit. Graphite, black fruit, BlackBerry. Nightshade flavors of tobacco and bell pepper. Hits all the right notes for a classic pauillac with quite a bit of age on it. I wouldn't hold for much longer.

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  1/8/2016 - msussman Likes this wine: 91 Points

  Tasted out of two bottles, both good fills. Very fragile corks, only one removed intact. Classic nose of forest floor, tobacco, impressive fruit for the age/vintage and very good complexity. Excellent mature claret.

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