Châtau Grand-Puy Lacoste 2016 AOC PAUILLAC Grand Cru Classé

Châtau Grand-Puy Lacoste 2016 AOC PAUILLAC Grand Cru ClasséChteau Grand Puy Lacoste experienced exceptional climatic conditions for its 2016 vintage. Winter is marked by mild and heavy rain, leading to special attention during bud break. Then, the flowering was able to take advantage of a week with magnificent weather to take place quickly and evenly. We can still note a month of June with quite extreme temperatures (from 7 C to 36 C) and a rain stopping in mid June. Then, until the harvest, raindrops will be

carried by tannins of great finesse

with a smooth character and fine salinity

40% second-fill barrels

With vintages that achieve the feat year after year of reaching heights of excellence and elegance

Cabernet Sauvignon (51

Château Palmer is a real star of the Margaux appellation

The grapes ripened to perfection

are planted in siliceous-gravel soils with a clay-limestone subsoil

A 2023 vintage without climatic excess

Magnificently situated on Bordeaux’s Left Bank

the Meslin family is a direct descendant of the founders of the Laroze estate in 1882

revealing a tannic structure that is present but not excessive