Grand Puy Lacoste - Pauillac 2019

Alexandre Ma

96

byAlexandre Mathe5/11/2022

Intricate and lifted aromas are decorated with a fresh and sweet scent of blackberries. Pure and juicy black plum, waxberry, and cherry are supported by delicate hints of sweet spices and fresh lemongrass. Tannins are plush and dense as a furry blanket, brighten by the pleasant acidity, and I can see the transparent body lines in this full-bodied structure. The compact and fine-grained tannins are arresting in the finish, and every detail highlights Pauillac’s epic sense of narrative. ?????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????,?????????????????????????????????????,???????????????????

Jamessuckling.com

96

byJames Sucklingthe5/5/2022

This is a very polished young wine with lemon-rind, blackcurrant, cedar and lavender character. It’s full, yet so refined and sophisticated, with floral undertones to the pretty fruit. The tannins are intense and long. Give this at least five or six years to soften. Try after 2025.

Wine Advocate

96

byWilliam Kelleythe4/7/2022

The 2019 Grand-Puy-Lacoste exhibits notions of minty cassis, plums, loamy soil, burning embers and cigar wrapper, followed by a medium to full-bodied, rich and velvety palate that’s deep and concentrated, its generous core of lively fruit concealing an elegantly muscular chassis of ripe, powdery tannin. Consisting of fully 83% Cabernet Sauvignon, this is another true classic from the Borie family.

Vinous

94

byAntonio Gallonithe2/28/2022

The 2019 Grand-Puy-Lacoste is sublime. Silky, perfumed and light on its feet, the 2019 is a wine of grace and finesse. Crushed red berry fruit, sweet red berries, mint, spice, blood orange and mint give the 2019 a brilliant aromatic register that adds to the wine's total sense of allure. The 2019 is such a classy wine.

Vinous

94

byAntonio Gallonithe2/24/2022

The 2019 Grand-Puy-Lacoste is sublime. Silky, perfumed and light on its feet, the 2019 is a wine of grace and finesse. Crushed red berry fruit, sweet red berries, mint, spice, blood orange and mint give the 2019 a brilliant aromatic register that adds to the wine's total sense of allure. The 2019 is such a classy wine.

Vinous

96

byNeal Martinthe2/17/2022

The 2019 Grand Puy Lacoste, as usual, requires plenty of aeration in the glass. Then boom! You get that gorgeous, classic Pauillac raspberry and blackberry fruit infused with cedar and pencil box scents. The harmonious, poised palate has wonderful focus, very fine tannins and a silky-smooth texture. As I remarked in my previous note, it’s very pliant and persistent, with a graphite-tinged finish. A glorious Grand Puy Lacoste that will need time to assimilate the oak – but hey, GPL lovers know the rules.

WeinWisser

18,5

byTjark Witzgallthe7/7/2020

Bettane & Desseauve

95-96

by Bettane & Desseauvethe7/3/2020

17,5-18

Vinous

95-97

byNeal Martinthe6/16/2020

The 2019 Grand Puy Lacoste is deep purple in colour. Initially the bouquet is tight and so I left my sample for 15-20 minutes to open. It rewards patience with a beguiling mélange of pure blackberry, raspberry, crushed violet and pencil shavings, very focused and mineral-driven. The palate is medium-bodied with finely chiseled tannins. Compared to the robust, tannic GPL's of old, this is much more lithe and approachable, yet it still bears the DNA of this Pauillac estate. It might not possess the flair of other 2019 Left Banks, but that it is not what I seek from this estate. Classy and full of breeding - quintessential Pauillac.

The Wine Cellar Insider

95-97

byJeff Levethe6/10/2020

Black currants, flowers, cedar, cigar wrapper and cassis meld together on the nose. On the palate, the wine is full-bodied, round, concentrated, lush, deep and packed with sweet, juicy cassis and blackberries, ripe tannins, and a finish marked by the purity in the fruit with the structure of Pauillac. This will age gracefully for at least 3 decades or longer. 95-97 Pts

Jamessuckling.com

94-95

byJames Sucklingthe6/4/2020

A firm, silky red with intense, chewy tannins, showing structure, beauty and intensity. Full-bodied, tight and chewy. Racy and focused GPL. Shows a more refined structure than the 2018, but serious.

Decanter.com

96

byJane Ansonthe6/4/2020

Lovely depth of colour, a big difference between the 1st and 2nd wine in this vintage, this just screams Pauillac with its pencil lead, charcoal and cassis notes. Glass-staining colour, extremely silky, with liquorice and chocolate adding layers without taking away from the purity of expression. Fine tannic hold, tons of character and clear longevity - this is a brilliant wine, easily equal to the 2018 and approaching the 2016. Drinking Window 2027 - 2046

Jean-Marc QUARIN

97

byJean-Marc Quarinthe5/20/2020

18,5

The World of Fine Wines

93-94

byMichael Schusterthe5/13/2020

A classy, refined, subtly earthy Cabernet nose—lovely; a rich, full, midweight wine, fresh
in acidity, finely firm in tannin; sweetly ripe Cabernet, gently juicy, pebble-infused, long
and fresh and fine across the palate, notably harmonious and even, and with fine, subtly
gravelly length. Another complete, typically restrained François-Xavier GPL. Give it a decade,
and then enjoy two decades worth of beautifully balanced Bordeaux pleasure.