Chateau Grand-Puy-Lacoste 5eme Cru Classe, Pauillac 1983
Standard - 75cl
Stock location: United Kingdom
ETA: 5-7 weeks
- Vintage1983
- ColourRed
- ProducerChateau Grand-Puy-Lacoste
- CountryFrance
- RegionBordeaux
- Sub RegionPauillac
- DesignationAOP
- Bottle SizeStandard - 75cl
- ABV13.5
- LWIN10107871983
- Avg. Critic Score3.5★★★★★★★★★★
Wine Critic Reviews
The 1983 Grand Puy Lacoste is showing some bricking on the rim now. Mellow on the nose with sous-bois, morels, warm gravel and just a touch of mint. This is fully mature. The palate is medium-bodied with grainy tannins, a little hollow on the mid-palate with dry tannins, and slightly metallic, perhaps? A tertiary GPL that has retained freshness, but I would drink this sooner rather than later. Tasted at the château.
- Drinking Window: 2023 - 2030
- Reviewer Name: Neal Martin
- Review Date: August 2023
Fully mature, this medium to dark ruby-colored wine reveals an attractive spicy, blackcurrant aroma with the ever-present 1983 weediness making itself more apparent as the wine has evolved. Soft, round, with good rather than superb concentration, this low acid, alcoholic example of Grand-Puy-Lacoste possesses enough tannin to last for another 6-8 years. Last tasted, 5/93.
- Reviewer Name: Robert Parker
- Review Date: August 1993