Chateau Gruaud Larose

Saint-Julien

2ème Grand Cru Classé

last update : Sunday 27 November 2011

This elegant 18th century style château with a vast vineyard borders on Lagrange and Branaire-Ducru to the east. Bought from Alcatel Alsthom by the Bernard Taillan group in 1997, Gruaud Larose has been managed by Georges Pauli since the 1970s. He has been very effective in ensuring technical continuity at the estate.

Composed of a very homogeneous gravel subsoil on marl bedrock, the terroir encourages full, even ripening.

Taking better advantage of its quality fruit, Gruaud Larose has recently turned towards producing more concentrated, expressive, and easy-to-drink wines.

In the Bottle

Despite several changes of ownership in the 90s, the situation at Château Gruaud Larose has now stabilized. The recent trend has been to produce wines that are rather extracted, with pleasant, ripe fruit.

Capable of dazzling successes such as 1983 and 1988, Gruaud Larose is famous for its tremendous regularity.

This reliable, reasonably priced wine is one of the best Quality/Price ratios among the Médoc great growths. Château Gruaud Larose is a solid wine which rarely disappoints.

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WINE PRODUCED BY THE ESTATE

Gruaud Larose, Sarget de Gruaud Larose (second wine)

COMPARISON WITH AOC - SAINT-JULIEN

Vintage	Absolute score	Relative score to the Appellation	Standard deviation

2009	93.7	100.7	1.6
2008	89.7	98.6	2.08
2007	90.2	100.2	2.34
2006	91.0	100.6	2.14
2005	88.8	99.8	4.2
2004	87.9	100.9	3.42
2003	88.1	100.7	3.96
2002	87.4	99.8	4.4
2001	86.9	101.0	4.11
2000	88.5	100.8	4.54
1999	86.6	99.8	4.35
1998	89.0	101.4	3.12
1997	88.0	101.3	4.01