Chateau Grand-Puy-Lacoste, Pauillac, France 2016 Treviso Prosecco Purplish red

Purplish red

8% Cabernet Franc and 6% Petit Verdot

Beautiful presentation in a black paper shroud for the bottle

This firmly structured wine with its high percentage of Merlot is powerful and dense

we would certainly have chosen Riesling and not Chardonnay

Chateau Grand-Puy-Lacoste, Pauillac, France 2016 Treviso Prosecco Purplish redA 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. 97 Pts James Suckling