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Vinum: Die Nase ist klar und rein, feinfruchtig, mit subtiler Röstnote, viel Floralität und mit einer noblen Zurückhaltung: man sucht, man findet; am Gaumen gradlinig und von grosser Eleganz, vertikal, voller Kraft, dabei schwebt der Wein mit einer tänzerischen Leichtigkeit über die Bühne, er hat Muskeln, hält Kontrolle und Fokus, die Tannine sind von höchster Güte, die Säure verleiht Zug; im Abgang von grosser Länge. Ein Grand-Puy-Lacoste, der wegen seiner Finesse in die Geschichtsbücher eingehen wird."
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Falstaff: Tiefdunkles Rubingranat, opaker Kern, violette Reflexe, zarte Randaufhellung. Frische, reife Herzkirschen, ein Hauch von Cassis und Brombeerkonfit, ein Hauch von Mandarinenzesten, rotbeerige Nuancen unterlegt, floraler Touch. Saftig, lebendig, rotes Waldbeerkonfit, feine Tannine, mineralisch-salzig, ein eleganter, gut anhaftender Speisenbegleiter, delikat und lange anhaftend."
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James Suckling: Excellent GPL, medium- to full-bodied with a great expression of dark fruit that is evenly distributed. It’s fresh and precise with grainy, integrated tannins that should only integrate more. A blend of 76% cabernet sauvignon and 24% merlot."
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Wine Advocate: The 2025 Grand-Puy-Lacoste reveals a classic, refined bouquet of cassis, dark berries, cedar and lead pencil, with discreet floral nuances. Medium- to full-bodied, structured and precise, it’s built around a well-defined core of fruit framed by finely grained, youthful, filigreed tannins with a tensile profile. Less demonstrative than some of its peers in Pauillac, it privileges balance and typicity over sheer power, concluding with a long, elegant and mineral finish. Produced from a blend of 76% Cabernet Sauvignon and 24% Merlot, this is the first vintage vinified in the estate’s new gravity-fed cellar, enabling more precise parcel selection-an evolution that appears to reinforce the wine’s precision and coherence."
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The Wine Cellar Insider: This textbook Pauillac opens with aromas of cassis, flowers, blackberries, tobacco, and a lead pencil. The palate is lifted, powerful, juicy, and chewy. The wine is long, fresh, and creamy, and, most importantly, packed with round fruit and tobacco leaves that linger. This is a modern, classically styled vintage. The wine is a blend of 76% Cabernet Sauvignon with 24% Merlot, 13.2% ABV. Picking took place September 4 - September 18. Yields were 30 hectoliters, per hectare. Drink from 2028 - 2060."
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Decanter: Deep violets and heady blackcurrants on the nose, fresh though, inviting and crystalline - aromatically expressive. Supple and sapid with a real hands-off feeling. Approachable with a clean, clear grip to the fine tannins, mint, cool blueberries, graphite and wet stones. The terroir really shines in the glass. Feels very modern with mouthwatering acidity setting the tone - bright, lively and upfront. Delicious, crunchy and leaves a lasting impression with grip, tension, energy and focus. Maybe a little less dense than usual but more refined. 13%. A yield of 30hl/ha."
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Jeb Dunnuck: A Cabernet-dominant blend of 76% Cabernet Sauvignon and 24% Merlot from yields of 30 hectoliters per hectare, the 2025 Château Grand Puy Lacoste is gorgeous, with ultra-classic Pauillac aromatics of red and black fruits, lead pencil, graphite, and crushed stone. Medium-bodied on the palate, it has a concentrated, layered mouthfeel, ripe tannins, and a great finish. It's up there with the top vintages of this cuvée, and it doesn't get more Pauillac than this."
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Jane Anson: Vibrant, in the spirit of the 2025 vintage, cloves, capsicum, blueberry and cassis fruits, plenty of delicious texture, lovely sappy and bright juice, firm tannins, appellation typicity, crayon and mint leaf. First year for the new cellar. 65% new oak for ageing"
