Château Grand Puy Lacoste

Wine Spectator

93 / 100

byJames Sucklingthe5/31/1999

Big and muscular, with loads of fruit and tannins, this will age for as long as you like. Dark ruby color. Loads of blackberry, cherry and pepper. Full-bodied, adding lots of chewy tannins and a long aftertaste of cherry, black licorice and dark chocolate.--1989 Bordeaux horizontal. Best after 2003.

Wine Advocate

89 / 100

byRobert Parkerthe2/28/1997

When I first tasted the 1989 Grand-Puy-Lacoste in this blind tasting I thought it possessed a Graves-like tobacco/mineral character. In contrast to the blockbuster, full-blown, massive wines produced by this estate in 1990 and 1982, the medium-weight 1989 is elegant, spicy, evolved, and already revealing plenty of cedar and cassis fruit. A delicious, generously-endowed, low acid wine, it will offer mature drinking now and over the next 12-15 years.

Wine Advocate

89 / 100

byRobert Parkerthe2/28/1993

The 1989 is a classic Pauillac. A penetrating bouquet of intense blackcurrants, sweet vanillin oak, and roasted aromas is followed by a medium to full-bodied wine that exhibits wonderful ripeness and length. This is a generously constituted, soft, admirably made wine. Anticipated maturity: 1994-2015.

Wine Advocate

89 / 100

byRobert Parkerthe4/30/1992

While a number of 1989s resemble their 1982 counterparts, Grand-Puy-Lacoste's 1989 comes closest to their 1986. I doubt that it is better than the 1982 or 1986, as it does not appear to be as concentrated as the 1982 or as powerful as the 1986. However, this is a classic Pauillac. A penetrating bouquet of intense blackcurrants, sweet vanillin oak, and roasted aromas is followed by a medium to full-bodied wine that exhibits wonderful ripeness and length. This is a generously constituted, soft, admirably made wine. Anticipated maturity: 1994-2015. Tasted six times. Consistent notes.