Château Grand Puy Lacoste 5eme Grand Cru Classe, Pauillac 2016

Cabernet Sauvignon 79%
Merlot 21%

A neoclassical edition of Grand-Puy-Lacoste, this has cedar, graphite, deeply integrated cedar and spicy-oak influence and a very fresh array of ripe blackberries, dark cherries and cassis. The palate is so seamless. It builds beautifully and delivers a long, seamless array of perfectly ripe dark fruit, swathed in fine, firm, ascending layers of tannins. As good as we have seen in recent vintages, this is a star of the vintage

James Suckling 97
Vinous 97
Decanter 96