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94+ JG.
"As I noted last year, the Côte du Py bottling from Château Grange Cochard hails from the oldest vines on the estate- one hundred and one years of age (in 2011) and planted at the very summit of this famous vineyard. The wine is brilliant, offering up a vibrant aromatic constellation of black cherries, plums, chocolate, stony, dark soil tones (the granitic base of Côte du Py is far more evident here than in the blended, Vieilles Vignes bottling) woodsmoke and a touch of cedar in the upper register. On the palate the wine is deep, full-bodied and still quite primary, with a rock solid core of pure fruit, a lovely sense of the vintage’s sappiness, firm tannins and simply great length and grip on the youthful and very serious finish. Great juice." John Gilman, View From the Cellar, Sep/Oct 2013, Issue #47 |