Château LACOSTE BORIE - Magnum 2015
Château Grand-Puy-Lacoste is located in Pauillac , in the Bordeaux region. It was classified as Fifth Grand Cru Classé in the 1855 classification. The Borie family has owned the château since 1978. Since its acquisition, François-Xavier Borie has carried out a very thorough renovation of the château and the cellars. Significant investments were immediately implemented, such as the creation of a new vat room, in 1979, with thermo-regulated vats and the upgrading of the vineyard, with plantations where necessary, the improvement drainage, new trellising methods. The Grand-Puy-Lacoste estate has 90 hectares, 58 of which are planted with vines. Grand-Puy-Lacoste practices sustainable cultivation : in twenty years, treatments have been halved and no insecticides have been used over the last ten years.
Lacoste Borie is the second wine of the château. The 2015 vintage is a blend of Cabernet Sauvignon (60%), Merlot (30%) and Cabernet Franc (10%) with an average age of 38 years. Vatting lasts 3 weeks. The wine is aged in fine-grained French oak barrels for 14 to 16 months, 45% of which is new wood .
Grape varieties: 60% Cabernet Sauvignon, 30% Merlot, 10% Cabernet Franc
