1996 Ch. Gruaud Larose

A dry red wine with deep purple colour and quite intense nose of blackcurrant, mint leaf and licorice. It has medium acidity, alcohol and bodied. Quite high tannin but fine-grained in nature. The flavour intensity is medium with flavours of black cherry, herbaceous with barely over medium length and black cherry finish. (88) Quite simple and clean

Tasted on 27 October 2012

出奇地簡單，平平實實，但又有一點東西隱約地藏在酒裡，餘韻亦顯示酒質不差，但又好像展現不了似的。

1978 Ch. Gruaud Larose

This wine has a deep ruby colour and still has higher than medium nose of blackcurrant, bell pepper, herbaceous with touch of smoke, leather and licorice, which shows a good and mature development. It is dry with medium alcohol, acidity and body. Medium tannin with touch of greeness. On palate it gives medium intensity bell pepper, herbaceous, red cherry and smoke. Fairly long length with red berry finish. (89)

Tasted on 3 September 2012

發展成熟，香氣以78年酒來說真的頗吸引，可是在口中酒味轉為簡單，有走下坡之勢，餘韻仍長，可感到此酒的在發展及倉儲都保存得好。仲有的話應開嚟飲。

2003 Ch. Gruaud Larose

Deep purple in colour with medium blackcurrant, vanilla, spice, violet aromas with touches of mint and smoke. It is dry with medium acidity, alcohol, body and flavour intensity. Bell pepper, blackcurrant, plum, vegetal and spice. Quite high tannin but still ripe and fine-grained. Fairly long length with plummy finish (90). A wine which is well made and concentrated but the tannin sticks out.

這枝與1999 CH. PONTET CANET 一同飲，酒質接近但較遜。單寧在整體上更加突顯了出來。

2001 Ch. Gruaud Larose

This wine is opaque purple in colour. The dry wine gives earthy, pine, smoke on nose with some black fruit aromas. It has low to medium acidity and medium body. On palate, it has more fruit character with a medium finish. It seems that the wine is almost at its pea. (89)

2003 Ch. Gruard Larose

This dry wine has a medium to deep ruby colour with paler rim. On nose it gives plum, licorice type herbal aromas with trace of earth. It has low to medium acidity and medium body. The tannin is medium but a bit green. The flavours on palate are led by earth and leather with plumy and cherry notes. The finish last for around 10 second.  It seems to me that the fruit inside this wine is not fully ripe but the balance is still maintained. (89)