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Chateau Grand-Puy Ducasse, Pauillac, 2018

Red Wine from Bordeaux, France
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Grand-Puy Ducasse calls 2018 "Le Miraculeux," and the name fits: a season that opened with heavy rain and far too much water in the vineyards ended in a summer remembered for its extraordinary heat. The estate counts it among its exceptional vintages. This is a Pauillac built on Cabernet Sauvignon, which makes up 59% of the vineyard, with Merlot at 36% and a little Petit Verdot. This 1855 classified growth has a quirk: its winery was built in 1820 right on the town quay, facing the Gironde, and for 200 years it was the only château in the area to make its wine in town rather than among the vines. The vineyards are spread over three plots across the commune. The northern vines grow on a poor, free-draining gravel hillside over marl-limestone. The estate team, led by Anne Le Naour and Benjamin Cassoulet, has also been raising its game, adding a new vat room and new barrel cellars as part of a large project the château calls its "Renaissance." If you want a great Pauillac year without paying for the famous names next door, this is a smart way in.

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More about Chateau Grand-Puy Ducasse

Grand-Puy Ducasse is the odd one out among Pauillac's classified estates: its château doesn't sit among its vines but on the quay in the town of Pauillac, looking out over the Gironde, where the wine has been made for some two hundred years.

The story starts in 1675, when Arnaud Ducasse bought a modest house on the riverbank, and the family held the estate for generations. Pierre Ducasse, a lawyer, assembled vineyard land across the commune, and his son built the riverside winery in 1820. Today the owner is CA Grands Crus, the wine arm of the Crédit Agricole bank, which launched a long improvement plan in 2004 that has brought a new vat room and new cellars.

The 40 hectares are a patchwork: gravel hillsides in the north for Cabernet Sauvignon, the historic plots of the Grand-Puy lieu-dit at the center, and sandier ground to the west better suited to Merlot. The vineyard is planted to roughly 59% Cabernet Sauvignon, 36% Merlot and 5% Petit Verdot, and has been plowed rather than weeded with herbicides since 1996. The wine spends about 18 months in French oak, around 40% new.

Expect Pauillac at its more elegant end: cassis, cedar and graphite with firm tannins that settle nicely with age.

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Wine Details

  • Grape Variety

    Cabernet Sauvignon

  • Vintage

    2018

  • Size

    750ml

  • Farming Practice

    Sustainable

  • Style

    Elegant

  • Sweetness

    Dry

  • Body

    Full Bodied

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Tasting Notes & Food Pairings

Perfect Pairings

Rosemary-crusted rack of lamb, grilled ribeye with bordelaise sauce, roast leg of lamb with flageolet beans, or aged Comté.

Tasting Profile

Expect the classic Pauillac profile: blackcurrant and black cherry with notes of cedar, graphite and a hint of tobacco, on a medium-to-full body. Cabernet Sauvignon grown on these gravel soils typically gives firm, fine-grained tannins and fresh acidity, and the wine finishes dry, savoury and long. It's built to age in the traditional Left Bank style.

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