2013 Chateau Grand Puy Lacoste

91 POINTS

Roger Voss - Wine Enthusiast

This is a well-made, ripe while structured wine. With its juicy black-currant fruits, edge of firm tannins and balanced character, it brings out the best of the year with fruit and not too much structure. Drink from 2019.

91 POINTS

James Suckling

Dense and silky with lots of flowers and black currant character. Medium to full body, fine tannins and a long finish for the vintage. Drink now.

90 POINTS

Wine Spectator

This has good vibrancy, with red and black currant fruit carried by brambly tannins. Light charcoal and tobacco leaf notes on the finish give this an old-school edge. Should meld pleasantly with modest cellaring. Best from 2017 through 2023. 9,167 cases made.

Julia Harding MW - JancisRobinson.com

Mid cherry. Fragrant with dark red fruit – inviting and lively. This has more mid-palate richness than most wines so far, some chocolate sweetness, the tannins firm and a little chewy but not hard. Finish is rather dry though. Score: 16.5/20

Decanter

Like Haut-Batailley, this excellent property is owned by the Borie family and managed by François-Xavier Borie. Its 55 hectares are planted with vines with an average age of over 40 years, ensuring moderate yields and good concentration of fruit. This has long been a favourite of many claret lovers, since it offers classic Pauillac typicity – vigorous, muscular and long lived, with considerable elegance – at a fair price. It is hard to think of any disappointing vintages, and this consistency also wins it admirers.