Chateau Grand Puy Lacoste is a 5th growth estate in Pauillac, whose wine I have tasted on many an occasion. Originally there was the Grand Puy hill which used to a single estate, but part of it was sold in 1750 to Pierre Ducasse, forming the Grand-Puy-Ducasse estate. The remaining estate changed names a number of times because this estate passed along the female line and usually the name of the husband's family was attached as a suffix. It passed to the Lacoste family in the early 19th century and so acquired the present name, some years before the 1855 classification.
I had this wine at the 20th anniversary dinner of the Hong Kong Society of Sleep Medicine, It was specially reserved for the head table, at which I was seated having been the founding Treasurer. The wine was a deep ruby with a sweet berry nose, albeit marred by a hint of leafy greenness. The palate was sweet fruit and acid, carrying through to a nice acidic backbone giving good support.
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