Château Grand-Puy-Lacoste - Petit Lacoste 2016

Château Grand-Puy-Lacoste is located on a hillock of gravel in Pauillac. The first owner of the estate can be traced back to the 16th century, M. Guiraud, a member of the Bordeaux Parliament. Over the generations, the estate was passed along female lines of inheritance, often as a dowry, which accounts for the many different names of the Château. In 1844, Pierre-Frédéric Lacoste took over the Château, giving it its present name. He greatly increased the quality and reputation of its wines, culminating in its ranking as a Cinquième Cru, or 5th Growth, in the 1855 Bordeaux Classification. Today the estate is still family-owned, and, uniquely for Châteaux in the Médoc, the dimensions of the estate and its vineyards haven't changed since 1855.

Petit Lacoste — the estate's third wine — pour a mid-ruby color, presenting dark red and black (berry and stone) fruits on the nose with a hints of cedar and pulverized stone. The full-bodied palate displays sumptuously dense fruit flavors of cassis, blackberry and macerated cherries marked with secondary notes of espresso and bittersweet chocolate. Beautifully concentrated, the Petit Lacoste glides along silky tannins and a touch of graphite minerality toward a suave, elegant finish.