Chateau Grand-Puy-Lacoste 'Lacoste-Borie', Pauillac, France 2016 Bodega Balbo 95 Pts Robert Parker's Wine

95 Pts Robert Parker's Wine Advocate

Massimo Marchiori and Antonella Gerona are an Italian couple from Piedmont

the 2015 is a terrific choice for drinking now and over the next handful of years

dense center-palate that remains closed in and tight

it is an ideal wine for accompanying grilled red meats

Chateau Grand-Puy-Lacoste 'Lacoste-Borie', Pauillac, France 2016 Bodega Balbo 95 Pts Robert Parker's WineThe 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