94pts Wine Enthusiast

The tannins show well in this ripe wine. While it also has lots of fresh black-fruit flavors, it's the structure that shines now, indicating good aging potential. Drink from 2024. 

92pts Wine Spectator

This sports a savory note up front, lifting the core of plum, black currant and black cherry fruit. Sports a slightly chewy back end, with chestnut, cedar and tobacco details filling in. Maintains good energy and definition overall. Solid length. Cabernet Sauvignon and Merlot. Best from 2022 through 2036. 8,333 cases made.

92pts James Suckling

This young red shows a serious concentration of fruit for the vintage with firm and silky tannins and a fresh finish.

91pts Jeb Dunnuck

Saturated purple in color, the 2017 Château Grand-Puy Ducasse offers a beautiful Cabernet Sauvignon nose of crème de cassis, crushed violets, and graphite. With medium to full-bodied richness, beautiful purity of fruit, ripe tannin, and nicely integrated acidity, it's a classic, elegant Pauillac that has the texture and balance to drink nicely in its youth, yet also evolve for 15+ years. Tasted twice.

90pts Robert Parker's wine Advocate

The 2017 Grand-Puy-Ducasse is medium to deep garnet-purple colored with aromas of crushed red and black currants, black cherries and boysenberries with earth, meats and herbs touches. Medium-bodied, it is firm and rugged in the mouth with muscular fruit and a savory finish.