Chateau Grand-Puy-Lacoste 'Lacoste-Borie', Pauillac, France 2016 Clos Haut-Peyraguey dark-chocolate and bark character

dark-chocolate and bark character

and delicate

A marine and Mediterranean red

but this will give incredible pleasure in years to come

Chateau Grand-Puy-Lacoste 'Lacoste-Borie', Pauillac, France 2016 Clos Haut-Peyraguey dark-chocolate and bark characterThe 2016 Lacoste Borie is a blend of 61% Cabernet Sauvignon, 29% Merlot and 10% Cabernet Franc, cropped at 50 hectoliters per hectare. It has a clean and precise bouquet, not as complex as some of its peers, yet with thoroughly enjoyable raspberry and blackcurrant leaf tinged with cedar. The palate is medium bodied with grippy, slightly dry tannin on the entry, hints of dark chocolate interlacing the black fruit with a touch of cracked black pepper on