Château Grand Puy Lacoste 1996
Château Grand Puy Lacoste 1996 is a red wine from Pauillac, Bordeaux, produced by Château Grand Puy Lacoste and classified as a 5ème Grand Cru Classé in 1855. Its blend consists of 75% Cabernet Sauvignon, 20% Merlot, and 5% Cabernet Franc. The Wine Advocate awards it 91/100 and recommends it from 2016 to 2036; Jancis Robinson rates it 16/20, with a drinking window of 2013 to 2023. Critics note a classic, structured, and concentrated Pauillac, featuring firm tannins and well-integrated acidity.
La bouteille proposée
- Size
- Bottle (75cl)
- Packaging
- Original Wooden Case of 12
- Label Condition
- Perfect
- Fill Level
- Perfect
- Capsule Condition
- Perfect
Identité du vin
- Couleur
- Red
- Pays
- France
- Région
- Bordeaux
- Appellation
- Pauillac
- Producteur / Domaine
- Château Grand Puy Lacoste
- Millésime
- 1996
Cépage et assemblage
- Grape Variety
- 75% Cabernet Sauvignon, 20% Merlot, 5% Cabernet Franc
Château Grand Puy Lacoste
Château Grand-Puy-Lacoste is a wine estate in Pauillac, classified as a Fifth Growth in the 1855 classification. Taken over by the Borie family in 1978, the estate cultivates a single, contiguous 60-hectare vineyard on deep gravel soils. Cabernet Sauvignon is the predominant variety, complemented by Merlot and Cabernet Franc.
- Owner
- Famille Borie (Domaines François-Xavier Borie)
- Maître de chais
- Benoît Estassy
- Surface (ha)
- 60.00 ha
- Production (average bottles per vintage)
- 8 000 à 14 000 caisses/an (grand vin)
Histoire du domaine
The château’s archives identify Mr de Guiraud, a councillor at the Parliament of Bordeaux, as the estate’s first documented owner. Passed down through family alliances, the property was notably known as Grand-Puy-Saint-Guirons. In the 19th century, the marriage of Marie-Jeanne de Saint-Guirons to François Lacoste led to the adoption of the name Grand-Puy-Lacoste. Their son, Pierre-Frédéric Lacoste, inherited the estate after 1844, had the château rebuilt in 1855 and saw the property included in the Médoc’s Grands Crus Classés classification that same year. In 1926, Pierre-Frédéric Lacoste’s grandsons sold the estate to Messrs Heriveau and Neel. Raymond Dupin acquired it in 1932 and retained ownership until 1978. That year, Jean-Eugène Borie bought Grand-Puy-Lacoste and immediately entrusted its management to his son, François-Xavier. François-Xavier Borie then undertook the replanting of the necessary areas, improvements to drainage and trellising, as well as a gradual modernisation of the facilities. A new fermentation vat was built in 1981, followed by the gradual renewal or expansion of the grape reception facilities and cellars. Since 2003, Domaines François-Xavier Borie has owned Grand-Puy-Lacoste; the children of François-Xavier and Marie-Hélène Borie are also co-owners. Benoît Estassy is now the cellar master, alongside Christel Spinner, R&D director and oenologist, and Antonio Flores, vineyard manager.
