Pauillac · vintage 2008
Château Grand-Puy-Lacoste 2008
Ageing potential20 ans et +
Why this vintage
- 91/100 from Vinousand 1 other score above 90/100.
- The 2008 vintage in PauillacA bright late season saved a cool summer: wines of unexpected freshness and aromatic precision.
- Ageing potential20 ans et +
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Critic scores
- Vinous91
- Jeb Dunnuck90
The 2008 vintage in Pauillac
Vintage benchmark: 91/100 (appellation benchmark, not a score for this wine)
Vintage character: A bright late season saved a cool summer: wines of unexpected freshness and aromatic precision.
Overall reading of the year’s season across Pauillac. An estate can depart from it sharply, in frost or hail years, where two neighbours did not make the same vintage. What this particular wine actually gave is on its technical sheet and in the scores above.
Tasting
Le Grands-Puy-Lacoste 2008 présente une robe d'un rouge intense. Le bouquet offre des arômes de fruits noirs dominés par le cassis. En bouche, ce vin possède une belle attaque très aromatique avec beaucoup de fruits et une jolie complexité. Sa race est évidente avec une belle persistance. Il présente déjà un bel équilibre, mais demande encore un peu de patience pour exprimer tout son charme.
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Blend of the 2008 vintage
- 69 % Cabernet-sauvignon
- 28 % Merlot
- 3 % Cabernet franc
Shares for this vintage, as recorded on the 2008 technical sheet. The vineyard itself is planted with cabernet sauvignon, merlot, petit verdot — a vintage blend departs from the area under vine as the year dictates.
Figures from the 2008 sheet
- 13 % vol.Alcohol
- 38 yrsVine age
- 180,000 bottlesProduction
Winemaking
Les méthodes de cuvaison sont classiques, contrôlées avec une extrême rigueur, dans un chai de vinification équipé des dernières technologies. La période de cuvaison dure environ trois semaines. Le raisin fermente d'abord pendant huit à dix jours. Grand-Puy-Lacoste privilégie les extractions douces, avec des températures de 28°C. La macération se poursuit dix jours environ pour achever cette extraction.
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Ageing
16 à 18 mois en barriques de chêne (1/3 en barriques d’1 an, 2/3 en barriques neuves)
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Terroir
Grand-Puy-Lacoste enjoys an exceptional terroir. The soil is made up of gravels, that is to say alluvial stones that provide excellent drainage. The distinctive character of the Médoc soil is part of a history going back two million years, for the gravels are geological witnesses of the Quaternary era. These stones, brought down from the Pyrenees and carried by the Garonne, were deposited over time on the banks of the Gironde, its estuary. Today the layers, of varying depth, are made up of gravel mixed with sand and a little clay. This gravelly soil has the advantage of retaining heat and returning it to the vine at night, which eliminates excessive temperature swings and encourages the harmonious ripening of the bunches.
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Texts and documents 2008
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Visuals
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Sheet checked on September 21, 2026. Technical data: the estate’s VinCod sheets. Critic scores: sources cited above, with their date. Vintage benchmarks and character: Compagnie Médocaine’s own editorial read. Soils and relief, where shown: the Compagnie Médocaine’s parcel survey and the Mapbox/IGN terrain model.