2021 Lacoste Borie, Pauillac, Bordeaux

  • Red
  • Dry
  • Full Bodied
  • Cabernet Sauvignon (56%), Merlot (36%), Cabernet Franc (8%)
Not ready (Drink 2026 - 2043)
Jane Anson MW
87/100
Neal Martin
88/100
Antonio Galloni
90/100
William Kelley
90/100
Georgie Hindle
91/100
James Suckling
92-93/100
Product: 20218017725

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2021 Lacoste Borie, Pauillac, Bordeaux

Description

The 2021 Lacoste-Borie is lovely, bursting with aromas of plums and cassis mingled with hints of orange zest, spices and espresso roast. Medium-bodied, ample and fleshy, with a charming core of fruit, supple tannins and a succulent, giving profile, it's already hard to resist. Readers looking for near-term, pleasure-bent drinking will find that this is one of the sleepers of the vintage.

Drink 2024 - 2034

William Kelley, Wine Advocate (February 2024)

Colour Red
Sweetness Dry
Vintage 2021
Maturity Not ready (2026 - 2043)
Grape List Cabernet Sauvignon (56%), Merlot (36%), Cabernet Franc (8%)
Body Full Bodied
Producer Château Grand-Puy-Lacoste

Critics reviews

Jane Anson MW 87/100

40hl/h yield 35hl/h yield after selection). Eric Boissenot consultant.

There are dark fruits and Pauillac typicity, with baking spices, undergrowth, and slate character, but the acidity of the finish highlights the angular tannins.

Drink 2025 - 2036

Jane Anson MW, JaneAnson.com (Dec 2023)
Neal Martin 88/100

The 2021 Lacoste-Borie has an attractive, earthy nose with touches of warm gravel infusing the black fruit, lighter than recent vintages but clean and fresh. The palate is medium-bodied with a slightly tangy entry and a little more boldness and fruit concentration than the nose suggests, with a liberal splash of black pepper on the finish. This may be an earlier-drinking Lacoste-Borie, but it will age nicely over 12 to 15 years.

Drink 2024 - 2034

Neal Martin, Vinous.com (Feb 2024)
Antonio Galloni 90/100

The 2021 Lacoste-Borie is a very pretty second wine. Crushed rose petal, mint, blood orange and white pepper add lovely aromatic presence to this silky, racy Pauillac. The balance here favours understatement and freshness in an almost Pinot-like way.

Drink 2024 - 2031

Antonio Galloni, Vinous.com (Apr 2024)
William Kelley 90/100

The 2021 Lacoste-Borie is lovely, bursting with aromas of plums and cassis mingled with hints of orange zest, spices and espresso roast. Medium-bodied, ample and fleshy, with a charming core of fruit, supple tannins and a succulent, giving profile, it's already hard to resist. Readers looking for near-term, pleasure-bent drinking will find that this is one of the sleepers of the vintage.

Drink 2024 - 2034

William Kelley, Wine Advocate (Feb 2024)
Georgie Hindle 91/100

Lovely classic Cabernet typicity on the palate, the green pepper, the eucalyptus, liquorice, crushed stone and such freshness and mintiness. This has power and structure; it’s clearly intense and concentrated, but the tannins are so well executed. The acidity gifts lift while the other elements settle on the tongue, really pronounced, filling the mouth. This is seductive, no wallflower with satin tannins. It’s a blockbuster of a second wine here. One of the more potent and powerful second wines but with excellent capacity to give enjoyment, screaming: ‘Drink me!’.

Drink 2024 - 2034

Georgie Hindle, Decanter.com (Apr 2022)
James Suckling 92-93/100

Perfumed and nicely polished second wine of Grand-Puy-Lacoste with pretty sandalwood, blackberry and currant notes. Some fresh herbs and mocha, too. Nicely framed with fleshy tannins.

James Suckling, JamesSuckling.com (May 2022)

About this wine

Cabernet Sauvignon

The most famous red wine grape in the world and one of the most widely planted.
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Pauillac

Pauillac

The aristocrat of the Médoc boasts 75 percent of the region’s First Growths, with Grand Cru Classés representing 84 percent of production. Pauillac's First Growths each have their own unique characteristics: Ch. Lafite Rothschild produces the region’s most aromatically-complex and subtly-flavoured wine, while – with its high percentage of Cabernet Sauvignon – Ch. Mouton Rothschild can produce a decadently rich, fleshy and exotic wine.
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Chateau Grand-Puy-Lacoste

Château Grand-Puy-Lacoste is a 5ème Cru Classé Pauillac estate which has for many years been consistently outperforming its classification. Grand-Puy-Lacoste is located a couple of kilometres west of the town of Pauillac and is owned and run by François-Xavier Borie.
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