Château Lafite Rothschild
Château Lafite Rothschild - Cru Classé 2015
Pauillac - aoc
Pauillac - aoc
- Unit - 75cl
- Wooden case of 6 - 75 cl
Merlot
Cabernet Franc
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.
Notes de Presse
96/100
Falstaff
19/20
La Revue du Vin de France
96/100
Robert Parker The Wine Advocate
100/100
Wine Enthusiast
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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