Chateau Gruaud Larose 2006
- Producer Chateau Gruaud Larose
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Blend
11% Cabernet Franc
60% Cabernet Sauvignon
24% Merlot
5% Petit Verdot - Country France
- Region Bordeaux
- Appellation Saint-Julien
- UPC 0 15643 42832 6
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Item# 1691-06
James Suckling
90pt
Wine Enthusiast
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Wine Spectator
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Wine Advocate
91pt
Tasting notes
Clear, intense. Dark ruby-red colour. Powerful nose, overtones of fresh fruit, strawberry, hints of scrub, toast and musk. Frank, powerful attack, very structured offering a fine balance at the finish – powerful yet elegant. Long finish marked by tannins that are still young. To be laid down.
Weather
A cool start to the year resulted in a late budburst. Dry spring and flowering in good conditions. July was very hot, leading to a stop in the vegetative growth before a
precocious beginning of veraison. A cool and cloudy August provoked a veraison spread over quite some time. A favorable climate at the end of maturation, during
the first and last decades of September.
Vineyard
Integrated Pest Control (mechanical work, organic fertilisation), Weather Station
(phytosanitary protection), Prophylaxis (thinning out the leaves, removal of excess buds
and shoots, green harvest). Heightening of the trellis. Manual harvesting, selection on a
belt in the vineyard and double sorting at the harvest reception.
