2020 Chateau Grand Puy Lacoste - Pauillac

FRANCE, BORDEAUX, PAUILLAC

2020 Château Grand-Puy-Lacoste, Pauillac

A model of classic Pauillac restraint from this consistently excellent fifth-growth estate, owned by the Borie family since 1978. The 2020 leans more Cabernet-dominant than recent vintages — 76% Cabernet Sauvignon to 24% Merlot — giving it a structured, focused frame built on cassis, plum, pencil shavings, violets, and loamy soil, with a touch of creamy new oak in support. Medium to full-bodied, pure and fleshy on the palate, with lively acidity, powdery tannins, and real depth at the core. Supple and charming now, but with the underlying structure to reward patience. A textbook expression of Pauillac's cassis-and-graphite signature at a fraction of what the neighboring first growths command.