CRITIC REVIEWS
Neal Martin
The 2020 Grand-Puy-Lacoste has a wonderful, "cool" bouquet with refined, graphite-infused black fruit that simply oozes class. The palate is medium-bodied with sapid black fruit and wonderful symmetry, fresh and tensile with a persistent, tobacco-tinged finish that could only come from Pauillac. Wonderful. Tasted blind at the annual Southwold tasting.
Lisa Perrotti-Brown
Medium to deep garnet-purple colored, the 2020 Grand-Puy-Lacoste offers notes of freshly crushed black and red currants, fresh blackberries and mulberries, plus hints of pencil lead, damp soil and black olives. The medium-bodied palate is delicately styled and refreshing, delivering soft, skillfully managed tannins and just enough freshness to frame the juicy black fruits, finishing savory.
JancisRobinson.com
Tasted blind. Deep crimson. Pure vibrant dark fruit on the nose. Powerfully dry and tannic but with finesse and great length. Lots of grip holding the fruit in check. Moderate length but nicely fresh. (JH)