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Château Lafite Rothschild
Château Lafite Rothschild 2015
Pauillac - aoc
75clGrape Variety
- Merlot
- Cabernet Sauvignon
- Cabernet Franc
Age Moyen des VIGNES
45 years old
Elevage
18 to 20 months in 100% new barrels.
Production
- ~192'000
Description
"Lafite has a soul, a beautiful, generous, kindly soul. Lafite turns bare earth into heaven. Lafite is harmony, a harmony between man and nature, because without our magnificent winegrowers, nothing would be accomplished."
Baron Eric de Rothschild
In 1815, Guillaume Lawton said of Château Lafite, "I consider it to be the the most elegant and delicate, with the finest substance of the three (Premier Crus). The location of its vines is one of the finest in the Médoc". In 1855 the Château was ranked as a Premier Grand Cru in the famous classification that was prepared for the Universal Exhibition of that year.
Awards
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96/100
Falstaff
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19/20
La Revue du Vin de France
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96/100
Robert Parker The Wine Advocate
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100/100
Wine Enthusiast
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19/20
Gault & Millau
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96/100
Falstaff
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19/20
La Revue du Vin de France
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96/100
Robert Parker The Wine Advocate
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100/100
Wine Enthusiast
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19/20
Gault & Millau
Tasting
Very dark colour, with purple glints, indicating that the wine is still very much in its youth.
The nose is still quite closed, which is to be expected after only a few months in the bottle. But it already presents good depth and plenty of complexity. Notes of fresh strawberries and tobacco, in which the wood has become perfectly integrated.
The attack is simultaneously supple and very powerful. The intensity on the palate rises steadily... gently coming to rest on a plateau that is already very high.
Not at all aggressive, it continues with great length, and in perfect harmony.
This is a Lafite that is currently revealing very little of its potential; to experience it in its full glory will require waiting... for some years.
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