Chateau Lacoste Borie - Magnum 2016
Château Grand-Puy-Lacoste is located in Pauillac , in the Bordeaux region. It was classified as a 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, improved drainage, new trellising methods. The Grand-Puy-Lacoste estate covers 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 in the last ten years.
Lacoste Borie is the second wine of the château. The 2016 vintage is a blend of Cabernet Sauvignon (61%), Merlot (29%) and Cabernet Franc (10%) with an average age of 38 years. The vatting lasts 3 weeks. The wine is aged in fine-grained French oak barrels for 14 to 16 months, 45% of which are new wood .
Grape varieties: 61% Cabernet Sauvignon, 29% Merlot, 10% Cabernet Franc
