By James Molesworth - Wine Spectator - April, 2019

CHÂTEAU GRAND-PUY-LACOSTE - Pauillac 2018

Score: 95-98

This captures the style of the vintage to a T, with vividly ripe cassis and plum fruit, carried by solidly built but fine-grained structure. Lots of graphite and tobacco accents hang in the background for now. A firmly grounded wine.