Chateau Gruaud Larose2006
RED WINE
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Producer
Chateau Gruaud Larose
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Blend
11% Cabernet Franc
60% Cabernet Sauvignon
24% Merlot
5% Petit Verdot
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Country
France
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Region
Bordeaux
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Appellation
Saint-Julien
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UPC
0 15643 42832 6
Reviews
James Suckling 90
A delicate and refined red, with blueberry, spices and meat aromas. Medium body, with fine tannins and a earthy finish. Almost Burgundian in style.
by JS, James Suckling , 2010
Robert Parker 91
Tasted blind at Southwold ’06 Bordeaux tasting. This is an impressive showing for Gruaud-Larose under blind conditions. It has a reserved, cedar, leafy nose with good definition and poise with good lift – very Pauillac in style with the Cabernet driving it along. The palate is full-bodied, very well balanced with good acidity. Firm tannins, ripe and elegant, very well poised on the briary finish.
by NM, Robert Parker , 2010
Wine Enthusiast 91
Initially dominated by tannins, this wine is now evolving to show a softer, easier side. With sweet fruit and a delicious, refreshing juicy black currant acidity, the tannins are now the base of an approachable wine, offering considerable pleasure.
by RV, Wine Enthusiast , 2009
Wine Spectator 90
Shows plum and raspberry aromas, with hints of flowers. Full-bodied, with super well-integrated tannins and pretty fruit on the middle palate. All there in balance and finesse.
by JS, Wine Spectator , 2009
Technical Details
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.
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.
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.