1928 CHÂTEAU GRUAUD LAROSE 1928

Saint Julien

Médoc - 2ème Cru Classé

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95-100 / 100

Excellent

1928 CHÂTEAU GRUAUD LAROSE 1928

Saint Julien

Médoc - 2ème Cru Classé

Condition Good

Stock : 1 bottle

1 378,00 € tax incl. 1 148,33 € tax excl.

Avis d'expert

97 / 100

Robert PARKER - The Wine Advocate

(10-1994)
The 1928 Gruaud-Larose is an amazingly intact wine as it approaches 70 years of age. It exhibits a huge, earthy, sweet, truffle, cedar, and spicy-scented nose, huge body, noticeably high tannin, and stunning concentration. A slight austerity creeps in at the finish. The dark garnet color with only light amber is remarkable given the wine's age.

Features Château informations

Features

Vintage	1928
Rating	95-100
Classification	Médoc - 2ème Cru Classé
Region	Bordeaux
Appellation	Saint Julien
Colour	Red
Volume	0.75 l
Price	More than 300 €
Château	Gruaud Larose
Country	France

Château informations

Gruaud Larose

The Chateau Gruaud-Larose is a Bordeaux wine located in Saint-Julien-Beychevelle. AOC Saint-Julien, it is ranked second growth in the Grand Cru classification of 1855

(>> see article "Grands Crus Classés from Bordeaux, Official Classification of 1855").

Château Gruaud-Larose's vineyard is composed of 57% Cabernet Sauvignon, 30% Merlot, 7% Cabernet Franc, 4% Petit Verdot and 2% Malbec. The wine stays for 16 to 18 months in oak barrels in new mediums at 35%. Some great vintages have remained exceptional in Gruaud-Larose, as in all of Bordeaux, such as 1961, 1982, 1986 or 1989. This important area with extremely rare homogeneity is implanted on 80 hectares of single piece of deep gravel rumps . It produces the largest and most robust Saint-Julien, a wine of great class and very long guard, raised until 1991 under the direction of Georges Pauli, who has exalted his characteristic style under several successive owners.