Lacoste-Borie 2024

Characteristics and tasting advice for Lacoste-Borie 2024

Tasting

Color
The color seduces with its brilliance.

Nose
Expressive, the nose exhales radiant notes of fruit.

Palate
On the palate, the attack is supple and the texture ample, revealing a generous and seductive substance, supported by perfectly melted fine tannins. The whole seduces with its balance, its freshness and its immediate charm.

The structure and finesse of a second Pauillac wine

The property

Located in the heart of the Pauillac appellation, on the left bank of Bordeaux, the Château Grand-Puy-Lacoste took its current form in 1855, although it was built as early as the 16th century. The vineyard property was marked by the passage of Raymond Dupin from 1930 to 1978. He then sold the property to the Borie family in 1978 who have since carried out numerous renovations. Château Grand-Puy-Lacoste is today one of the most representative crus of the Pauillac appellation.

Lacoste-Borie is the Second Wine of the estate.

The vineyard

Lacoste-Borie is a Pauillac wine from a 90-hectare vineyard, 60 of which are planted in one piece. The vines, averaging 38 years old, are planted on deep gravelly ridges.

The vintage

The 2024 vintage bears witness to the resilience of the teams in the face of atypical weather, marked by a mild winter and a hot, dry summer, conducive to a beautiful maturity of the grapes. Despite some coulure and millerandage on the Cabernet Sauvignon, yields are satisfactory (38 hl/ha) and quality is at the rendezvous. The manual harvest, carried out with rigor from September 25 to October 8, allowed for careful selection. Gentle vinifications revealed an elegant, tasty and accessible wine, enhanced by a measured barrel aging.

Vinification and aging

Aging in French oak barrels (30% new).

Blend

Cabernet sauvignon (62%), merlot (30%) and cabernet franc (8%).