Chateau Grand Puy Lacoste 5. Cru Pauillac 2022 i trækasse

James Suckling

Licorice with tapenade, cassis, roasted spices and a touch of bergamot and pencil shavings. Full-bodied and structured, this has filigreed tannins in a very dusty, almost powdery form. Really youthful and long. Juicy and compact with spot-on balance. 79% cabernet sauvignon, 21% merlot. Give it at least three years to unwind and develop complexity.

Jane Anson, Inside Bordeaux

Rose buds, cassis, crayon, mint leaf, graphite, black tea, this is full of classic Pauillac character in a vintage where that is not a given. It has ridden confidently through ageing and I am still fully on board. Easy to recommend, great stuff. 60% of production in the 1st wine, Eric Boissenot consultant, 75% new oak.

La Revue du Vin de France

Tastingbook.com

Markus del Monego MW

A muli-layered tasting pleasure.

Jean-Marc Quarin

VV Wine

Herbal spice and blackcurrant – a textbook Cabernet Sauvignon nose, lifted by violets and fine tobacco. Wonderfully elegant on the palate: light on its feet yet dense, athletic, and precise. The finish is impressively long and vibrant, with a grand sense of tension and energy leading to a red-fruited finale. Can GPL get any better than this?

Decanter

Gorgeous vibrant purple colour in the glass, deep and darkly scented, black bramble fruits, flowers, cinnamon, dark chocolate and liquorice. Firm and forward, this is generous but sleek, so you get power and concentration but also juicy liveliness, great tension and energy. I really do like the ease of this, it's not trying too hard but delivered with poise, punch and purity. An excellent wine that really over delivers - so well presented, detailed, finessed and refined but still with the strength coming at the end in the wave of liquorice, dark chocolate and wet stone terroir markers. A brilliant wine with potential to deliver such excellent drinking pleasure. I love it. 3.57pH. A yield of 38hl/ha. 60% grand vin, 40% second wine. Eric Boissenot consultant. Harvest 7-23 September. Yield of 38hl/ha. Ageing in French oak, 75% new.

Izak Litwar, Great Bordeaux Wines

Alexandre Ma

Amidst the prevailing water scarcity in the Médoc region, the trees and canals encircling Château Grand-Puy Lacoste played a key role in 2022. This vintage boasts juicy grapes, reaching an impressive yield of 38hl/ha, marking it as one of the highest producers in Médoc. Its fruitiness is luxuriously delicate, and the taste is vivid yet smooth, moving me profoundly during the tasting. The initial burst of freshness is akin to a mountain spring, evolving into a rich texture on the palate. This wine, like a lotus blooming upon water," is a resplendent testament to life's resilience in the face of harsh sunlight, a true gem of the Pauillac region.

Vinous

The 2022 Grand Puy Lacoste, observed out of barrel, offers a more sensual and generous bouquet than previous vintages, with blackberry, bilberry and cedar scents emerging from the glass with a hint of pencil box underneath. The palate is medium-bodied with grainy tannins, showing more structure than it did from barrel, which is precisely what you want from this Pauillac estate. Tobacco and graphite notes towards the finish linger beautifully in classical style. This is a very impressive wine that will mature with panache and stature.

Jeff Leve, The Wine Cellar Insider

Flowers, blackberries, spice, cigar box, black currants, cherries, and cedar open the perfume. On the palate, the wine is sweet, fresh, spicy, chewy, and almost creamy in the dark, red, pit fruit finish. The wine is long, with intensity, complexity, and aging ability. The wine is a blend of 79% Cabernet Sauvignon and 21% Merlot, 14.2% ABV, 3.57 pH. Picking took place September 7 - September 23. This is the earliest harvest in the history of the estate. Yields were 38 hectoliters per hectare. Only 60% of the harvest was placed into the Grand Vin. This wine has the potential to score even higher when it is in bottle

Wine Spectator

This version shows the floral side of the vintage, with a vibrant mix of iris, violet and rose petal notes leading the way, backed by a core of pure and racy red and black currant preserves. There's a well-integrated singed cedar note running along its flanks and a long beam of iron driving the finish. Textbook. Cabernet Sauvignon and Merlot. Best from 2026 through 2042. 10,000 cases made.

Falstaff

Deep, dark ruby with purple reflections, subtly brightening at the rim. The nose is immediately inviting, with ripe plum, candied violets, and blackberry, layered over nuances of tobacco, leather, nougat, and a touch of vanilla. On the palate, the wine is complex and finely structured, with cassis and a chocolatey texture carried by vibrant freshness. A mineral-salty finish and a delicate sweet echo round out the experience. A wine of impressive length, displaying a remarkably cool, elegant style with plenty of finesse – and clear potential for long-term ageing.