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Chateau Grand-Puy-Lacoste, Pauillac, 1975 (under shoulder fill)

Red Wine from Bordeaux, France
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Here's a chance to drink Grand-Puy-Lacoste from before the Borie era. The 1975 was made under Raymond Dupin, three vintages before he chose Jean-Eugène Borie as the estate's buyer in 1978 and François-Xavier Borie was given the job of waking up a "sleeping beauty." Before the Bories, the estate had passed down within one lineage going back to the 16th century, so this bottle comes from the last years of that long chapter. The name comes from "puy," an old word for a hill: the vines sit on a ridge about twenty metres above sea level, just west of the village of Pauillac on the left bank of the Gironde. The ground is deep gravel about two million years old, carried down from the Pyrenees by the Garonne and mixed with sand and a little clay, and it forces the vines to root deep. One piece of trivia we love: unusually among the 1855 classified growths, GPL's plots still match the land register of that era. To be straight with you, the fill on this bottle sits below the shoulder, and at this age that makes it a gamble. It's for the curious collector, not a sure-thing dinner-party bottle, so stand it upright for a day or two and open it carefully.

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More about Chateau Grand-Puy-Lacoste

Classic Pauillac at its best. The Borie family (of Ducru-Beaucaillou) has run this fifth growth since 1978, with François-Xavier Borie at the helm. Deep gravel over limestone, a high share of Cabernet Sauvignon (often above 80%) and a traditional approach give full-bodied, tannic wines meant for the cellar that taste unmistakably of place. Outperforming its classification for years.

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Wine Details

  • Grape Variety

    Cabernet Sauvignon , Merlot , Other Regional Grapes , Red Blend

  • Vintage

    1975

  • Size

    750ml

  • Farming Practice

    Traditional

  • Style

    Elegant

  • Sweetness

    Dry

  • Body

    Medium Bodied

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Tasting Notes & Food Pairings

Perfect Pairings

Keep the food simple so the wine can show what it has left: roast leg of lamb with garlic and rosemary, rare rib of beef with its own jus, a wild mushroom fricassée, or a plate of aged Comté.

Tasting Profile

Expect the classic profile of a mature, Cabernet-led Pauillac: blackcurrant fruit that has softened into cedar, cigar box, graphite, leather and forest-floor notes. After decades in bottle, wines like this are usually medium-bodied, with Merlot rounding the edges. The tannins will have mellowed into a fine, dry grip, and the acidity still carries a savoury, earthy finish.

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