One of Saint-Julien's great classical estates, Gruaud Larose is a Second Growth with a multi-century track record for building age-worthy, traditionally styled Bordeaux. The Merlaut family-owned property turned out a serious wine in 2019, a warm but balanced vintage on the Left Bank. This is the kind of bottle bought to put away: structured, Cabernet-led, and built to reward fifteen to twenty-five years in the cellar. Decant heavily if opening young.