Chateau Grand-Puy Ducasse 2016
- Producer Chateau Grand-Puy Ducasse
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Blend
65% Cabernet Sauvignon
35% Merlot - Country France
- Region Bordeaux
- Appellation Pauillac
- UPC 0 15643 54941 0
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Item# 1705-16
James Suckling
92pt
Wine Enthusiast
93pt
History
Chateau Grand-Puy Ducasse's story began when Arnaud Ducasse bought a "modest" house
on the banks of the river in Pauillac in 1675. Little did he know that it would become a large
estate that would remain in his family for almost three centuries. Pierre Ducasse, a lawyer
with a passion for wine, considerably extended the land over three parishes - Pauillac,
Saint-Lambert and Saint-Sauveur - and three seigneuries: Lafite, Latour and Beychevelle. In
1820, his son built the Chateau's winery facing the Gironde estuary. At the time, this was a
daring decision: Grand-Puy Ducasse would be the only Chateau in the area to vinify its
grapes for 200 years. In 1855, the property was included in the prestigious classification of
great growths; with 40 hectares of vines spread over 11 different types of soil, its vineyard
can be considered as the most representative of the diversity of Pauillac's terroirs. Since
the 1990s, major investments have been made in restructuring the vineyard. In 2004, CA
Grands Crus, a subsidiary of the Credit Agricole Group, has embarked on an ambitious
optimization plan. The subsequent construction of a new vat room and barrel storage
facilities completed the "Renaissance" plan. The guiding principle of Chateau Grand-Puy
Ducasse and its teams lead by Anne Le Naour and Benjamin Cassoulet is to push rigorous
standards even further.
Winery Technical Data
This 2016 vintage was classified in the wine-grower's memory as an unprecedented
vintage, in which one finds himself on a rainy spring day- It had fallen at the end of the
average annual precipitation of a dry year and an endless summer. The tremendous
harvest conditions of the 2016 Indian summer recalls those of the greatest vintages, which
could only be a very good omen.