Grand Puy Lacoste 1989

Grand Puy Lacoste 1989

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  • Robert Parker rating 89
  • Vinous rating 89
Grand Puy Lacoste 1989
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HED89026

75 cl

12.5%
£125.00
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Grand Puy Lacoste 1989 is a mature-vintage, Cabernet Sauvignon-based red wine from the Pauillac appellation of Bordeaux. This celebrated Fifth Growth property is now under the ownership of François-Xavier Borie, under whom consistency and quality has increased notably. The château now enjoys a reputation as a producer of excellent, yet classical, Left Bank Bordeaux. "The 1989 Grand Puy-Lacoste is a vintage that is not seen so often these days, long overshadowed by the 1990. Now at 30 years of age, it has a lovely, elegant but intense bouquet of blackberry, black olive, cedar and a touch of mint, all beautifully defined and focused. The palate is medium-bodied with fine tannin and gentle grip, masculine and a little austere in style but not astringent. There is a light seaweed note toward the finish. This is an archetypal classic Pauillac." Vinous, 2019
89 Robert Parker
When I first tasted the 1989 Grand-Puy-Lacoste in this blind tasting I thought it possessed a Graves-like tobacco/mineral character. In contrast to the blockbuster, full-blown, massive wines produced by this estate in 1990 and 1982, the medium-weight 1989 is elegant, spicy, evolved, and already revealing plenty of cedar and cassis fruit. A delicious, generously-endowed, low acid wine, it will offer mature drinking now and over the next 12-15 years. - Robert M. Parker, Jr.
89 Vinous
The 1989 Grand-Puy-Lacoste has always lain in the shadow of the 1990. There is something atypical about this vintage. It has an uncharacteristically high-toned bouquet with black cherries, black olives, and plenty of mint (maybe too much so that it veers toward spearmint). The palate is medium-bodied with graphite-infused black fruit. It is redeemed by GPL's tendency towards wonderful symmetry with a hint of seaweed on the finish. It's enjoyable, but there's a reason it lies in the shadow of the 1990. Tasted at the 1989 dinner at Piccolino in London.

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