The Wine Advocate | RP 89
Published: Jun 29, 2007

This excellent offering displays sweet black currant notes intermixed with notions of licorice, scorched earth, and spicy herbs. Medium-bodied and elegant with abundant fruit on the attack and mid-palate, and light to moderate tannin, it should drink well for 10-15 years. Drink Date: 2007 - 2022

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Date of harvest
27th September to 13th October 2004

Blend
72% Cabernet Sauvignon - 26% Merlot - 2% Cabernet Franc

Tasting notes
The Grand-Puy-Lacoste 2004 presents an beautiful ruby red color. The nose is very dense and ripe, it offers a combination of blackberry and "pain grille” with added hints of spices. On the palate, this wine shows its harmonious structure. The tannins are well-balanced. This vintage has already started to express its personality but it will need few more years to show all its potential and developing as it does ever more complex flavours to give increasing pleasure.

Total vineyard surface
90 hectares around the Château

Vineyard surface under production
55 hectares in one block around the Château

Average age of the vines
38 years

Soil - Terroir
Very deep coarse gravel

Vineyard grape varieties
75% Cabernet Sauvignon - 20% Merlot - 5% Cabernet Franc

Density of planting
10 000 vines/hectares

Rootstock
Riparia gloire & 101.14

Growing of the vines
Mechanical ploughing of the soil Viticulture practices: Spraying kept to the absolute effective minimum

Harvest
Exclusively hand picked

Grape sorting
Two successive selections before and after the de-stemming process

Vinification
A long period of maceration (about 3 weeks)

Ageing
In French oak barrels (70% new barrels each vintage) for between 16 to 18 months depending on the vintage.

Owner
M. François-Xavier BORIE