Chateau Grand-Puy-Lacoste 2009

Professional Ratings

• 95 James Suckling
  Dark and delicately spicy this a very complete medium-full bodied 2009 that's not a jot too ripe or too firm. Beautiful balance through the long polished finish. Drink or hold.
• 95 Decanter
  From 50ha of vines in a single block of gravelly soils, this gives concentrated cassis and blackberry aromatics on the nose, with the juiciness providing interest all the way through the palate. I love this for its Pauillac-ness, and it's so mouthwatering that you have barely finished one sip before you want another. Lovely quality, perhaps not as perfectly balanced as the 2005, but just as satisfying. It's one of the best 2009s in the lineup that's not exorbitantly priced.
• 93 Wine Spectator
  This is a step up, with ample black currant confiture and roasted fig notes allied to a racy graphite and iron spine. Very sleek through the finish, despite its heft, with a long finish filled with cassis bush and tobacco. Best from 2013 through 2025.
• 93 Wine Enthusiast
  A complex, dusty tannin wine, layering smoky wood and black fruits with the firmest dry character. Very intense, rich, dense and potentially powerful.
  Cellar Selection
• 92 Robert Parker's Wine Advocate
  Medium to deep garnet in color, the 2009 Grand-Puy-Lacoste opens with a nose of sweaty leather, damp earth, baked cherries and dried mulberries with touches of fried herbs, black olives and cast iron pan. Medium-bodied, firm and chewy, this is a more elegantly styled 2009 with provocative herbal sparks and a ferrous finish.