Chateau Grand-Puy Ducasse Pauillac 2009 NO20230802 Dark cherry and violet aromas

Dark cherry and violet aromas leap from the glass of this benchmark Nuits-Saint-Georges

and the whole thing now drinks like a sleeper-vintage Right Bank classic

raisins and vanilla with touch of burnt sugar on the finish

100 feet on an east-facing exposure

fourth generation

Chateau Grand-Puy Ducasse Pauillac 2009 NO20230802 Dark cherry and violet aromasFrom the great 2009 vintage and now in its prime: a Pauillac Fifth Growth from the cooler coastal section of the appellation. Grand Puy Ducasse (not to be confused with Grand Puy Lacoste) works parcels scattered across three parishes (Pauillac, Saint Lambert and Saint Sauveur), including northern Pauillac sites adjacent to Mouton, Lafite and Pontet Canet a wide canvas that gives the wines breadth alongside classic Pauillac power. Sixteen years of