PV Tasting Notes
The 2008 Grand Puy Lacoste is more like a Margaux wine, saturated dark ruby in colour, with that tell tale crème de cassis character, this has a very succulent feel, there are abundant quantities of leafy ripe black fruits, and lead pencil notes, its ripe and fresh, almost feminine, but there is more than enough extract and depth to support, it will need 4-6 years in bottle but could develop into a truly exceptional wine.
Independent Review95 Points Neil Martin - Wine Advocate Jan 2011
Tasted at the chateau. The nose is very fresh, leaping out the glass, with fresh blackberry, raspberry, a touch of gravel and graphite. It has brilliant definition and focus. The palate is tannic on the entry, a masculine Pauillac as always, a little austere but not excessively so. Ripe fresh black fruits, a touch of soy and cedar, vibrant and focused towards the tannic finish with a saline aftertaste that develops more silkiness as it aerates in the glass. Beautiful. Drink 2015-2040.
92-94 points Neil Martin - Wine Advocate April 2009
This has a lovely, far more expressive nose than I expected with black cherries, a touch of iodine and violets (redolent of the superlative 2006) with superb definition. Just a faint hint of oyster shells. The palate is full-bodied, fully ripe tannins, a little more rounded than usual but superb depth, a wine that really caresses the palate. Blackberry, a touch of briary and cedar with a dash of vanillary new oak towards the finish. Superb length. Up there with Pichon Lalande. This is a more feminine GPL compared to other vintages, but one imbued with great breeding. Excellent. Tasted April 2009.
Chateau Grand Puy Lacoste is located on one of the highest parts of Pauillac. Puy means “high point” and the eminence of this estate is conserved in the name Grand Puy dating back at least to the fifteenth century, it was acquired after the French Revolution by M. Lacoste who tacked on his own name. This is one of the rare estates which is still entirely in one section as it was in the 1855 classification. The Vineyard area constitutes 40 Hectares, and the wines are excellent, full bodied maturing into sturdy and extremely pleasant wines of great breed.