Château Grand-Puy-Lacoste 2025, Pauillac

IN BOND

DELIVERY 2028

Appellation - Pauillac

Owner - Francois-Xavier Borie

The 2025 grand vin is 76% Cabernet Sauvignon, 24% Merlot and is being matured in 70% new oak. 

Second wines – Lacoste-Borie

Annual production – 200,000 bottles

TASTING NOTES

The 2025 Grand-Puy-Lacoste is the first to be made in the new gravity-fed winery. It was picked between September 4 and 18 at 30 hl/ha, much lower than normal, with a high percentage of Cabernet Sauvignon (76%). Matured in 65% new oak, it has a perfumed bouquet with blackberry and raspberry fruit, touches of graphite emerging with aeration, beautifully defined. The palate is medium-bodied with edgy tannins. Definitely one of the most refined GPLs that I have tasted at this stage, very harmonious, complex and engaging. Superb persistence on the finish, this is a complete Pauillac that is going to give immense pleasure. 2032 - 2060
94/96
Neal Martin, vinous.com, May 2026

A terrific effort at Grand Puy Lacoste this year. The nose has subtle wafts of smoke and spice box underneath ripe but not overdone blackcurrant fruit on the nose. The palate fleshes out that dark fruit core with brighter red cherry and plum, a touch of graphite and the same seductive but subtle wood spice. This is cleverly judged - nothing is overdone but it delivers an extremely appetising, flavourful and quintessentially Pauillac balance. The tannins have grip, but they are cloaked in the fruit and wood, which linger on a long, lightly savoury finish.
94/96
Thomas Parker MW, Farr Vintners, April 2026

The 2025 Grand-Puy-Lacoste reveals a classic, refined bouquet of cassis, dark berries, cedar and lead pencil, with discreet floral nuances. Medium- to full-bodied, structured and precise, it’s built around a well-defined core of fruit framed by finely grained, youthful, filigreed tannins with a tensile profile. Less demonstrative than some of its peers in Pauillac, it privileges balance and typicity over sheer power, concluding with a long, elegant and mineral finish. Produced from a blend of 76% Cabernet Sauvignon and 24% Merlot, this is the first vintage vinified in the estate’s new gravity-fed cellar, enabling more precise parcel selection—an evolution that appears to reinforce the wine’s precision and coherence.
95/97
Yohan Castaing, Wine Advocate, April 2026

Excellent GPL, medium- to full-bodied with a great expression of dark fruit that is evenly distributed. It’s fresh and precise with grainy, integrated tannins that should only integrate more. A blend of 76% cabernet sauvignon and 24% merlot.
96/97
James Suckling, JamesSuckling.com, April 2026

Vibrant, in the spirit of the 2025 vintage, cloves, capsicum, blueberry and cassis fruits, plenty of delicious texture, lovely sappy and bright juice, firm tannins, appellation typicity, crayon and mint leaf. First year for the new cellar. 65% new oak for ageing. 2036-2055.
94
Jane Anson, JaneAnson.com, April 2026

The 2025 Grand-Puy-Lacoste is a relatively fruity, soft wine for the château, notwithstanding the warm, dry year and yields 30 hectoliters per hectare (in line with the appellation, but much less than the norm). This is the first vintage Grand-Puy-Lacoste made in their new cellar, so the more vibrant style is not a total surprise. Even so, there is no question that 2025 opens the door to a new chapter. Stylistically, it is quite different from the wines that have preceded it. 2033 - 2065
92/94
Antonio Galloni, vinous.com, April 2026