The 2001 Grand Puy-Lacoste is a vintage that I have not tasted for a decade. It’s showing some signs of bricking on the rim. The bouquet does not quite have the intensity of the previous vintage, but it unfolds nicely to reveal a mélange of red and black fruit, tertiary aromas, gravel and cedar. The palate is medium-bodied with sappy black fruit, grippy and much more youthful than the 2000, though it does not quite have the same complexity and terroir expression on the elegant finish. Sept 2021

Good full red-ruby. Pure aromas of cassis, cherry and bitter chocolate. Sweet but quite firm, with lovely clarity of cherry and licorice flavor and compelling inner-mouth perfume. A firmly structured wine that offers terrific precision and persistence.

From an assemblage of 70% Cabernet Sauvignon, 28% Merlot and 2% Cabernet Franc, the perfume offers cedar, tobacco. black and red plums and forest floor notes. Medium/full bodied, classic, round, Pauillac textures and a spice filled, red and black finish are the hallmarks of this wine. This is a forward style of Grand Puy Lacoste and while there is no hurry to consume it, there is no reason to wait. Nov 2011

Drink 2008-2014
-Parker's Wine Buyer's Guide No 7

A deep ruby/purple color is accompanied by this property's tell-tale cassis characteristics. Medium-bodied and monolithic, with fine ripeness as well as depth along with light to moderate tannin in the finish, the 2001 Grand-Puy-Lacoste should be at its peak between 2006-2014.

A deep ruby/purple color is accompanied by this property’s tell-tale cassis characteristics. Medium-bodied and monolithic, with fine ripeness as well as depth along with light to moderate tannin in the finish, the 2001 Grand-Puy-Lacoste should be at its peak between 2006-2014.

Good deep black crimson. Very nicely balanced and evolved. Very complete. Lifted and beautifully balanced. Very fresh and precise. Not as concentrated as some vintages of this wine (almost light!) but lovely now. JR March 2012