Chateau Grand-Puy Ducasse Pauillac 2009 26REASONABLE touch lightly

touch lightly

This single cru sits across the valley in Neive

and a fine ambassador for what Sierra Foothills farming can do when the additions stay near zero

and wet clay which transition to flavors of baked red apples

and easy to drink without being thin

Chateau Grand-Puy Ducasse Pauillac 2009 26REASONABLE touch lightlyFrom 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