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  • Country ranking ?

    215
  • Producer ranking ?

    10
  • Decanting time

    3h
  • When to drink

    from 2025
  • Food Pairing

    roasted chicken with herbs

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Color muy oscuro con reflejos violeta que dejan en evidencia su juventud.

La nariz es aún discreta dado el poco tiempo transcurrido desde el embotellado, pero ya augura profundidad y excelente complejidad. El vino exhibe aromas a fresa fresca y tabaco, estas últimas muy bien integradas con la madera.
El ataque en boca es amable pero potente y el vino evoluciona hasta alcanzar su máxima plenitud.
Sin ninguna agresividad, avanza con armonía hasta un largo final.
Si bien esboza tímidamente su potencial, habrá que esperar unos años para disfrutarlo en todo su esplendor.

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The Story

El Grand Vin de Château Lafite Rothschild no necesita presentación. Ya en 1815, Abraham Lawton lo había elevado a la cima de su clasificación: “Lo he calificado como aquel de mayor elegancia, delicadeza y fina esencia de los tres [premiers crus]” una calificación posteriormente confirmada en 1855. Para caracterizarlo más allá de las cosechas, presentamos las palabras de un aficionado inspirado: “…suceda lo que suceda, ¡todos los vinos de Château Lafite huelen a almendras y violetas!

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Wine Information

Como parte de un fenómeno que se ha observado con bastante regularidad estos últimos años, el inicio del invierno fue templado y seco y no fue hasta fines de enero que se instalaron los fríos y las lluvias necesarios para los viñedos. Como es habitual, la floración se produjo a comienzos de abril y los viñedos de desarrollaron sin demora, alentados por buenas reservas de agua y un clima templado. La floración comenzó de manera precoz y homogénea en junio, prometedor signo para la cosecha.
La influencia ejercida por el océano y el estuario permitió atenuar de cierta forma las elevadas temperaturas del verano. Si bien las precipitaciones se mantuvieron mayoritariamente ausentes, las lluvias de agosto hicieron descender las temperaturas a los niveles necesarios para la pinta y para una maduración perfecta. Las condiciones fueron óptimas para la vendimia, lo que permitió cosechar la mejor fruta de cada parcela.

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Average Bottle Price

2023 2021 2019
701€ +14.9% 610€ +5.2% 580€

This data comes from the FINE Auction Index, a composite of average prices for wines sold at commercial auctions in 20 countries. The average prices from each year have been collected since 1990. This chart plots the index value of the average price of the wines.

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Written Notes

Tasted in November 2021. 91% C. Sauvignon + 9% Merlot, 12.5% alcohol. Simply a fabulous nose of red berries and graphite, totally mesmerizing on the palate with captivating intensity, complexity and depth. Multilayered and sophisticated. Silky fruit and grained tannin. Long lingering finish. Fantastic wine. 98-99p.

  • 98p

The 2015 Lafite-Rothschild, bottled in May 2017, is refined and pure on the bouquet with scents of blackberry and bilberry, touches of violet and as usual, from a slightly subdued beginning it opens magnificently with aeration. The palate is medium-bodied, with edgier tannin than many Lafite-Rothschilds I tasted a decade ago, wonderfully balanced with that sense of "vibrancy" that I remarked upon previously. The 2015 is only on the opening page of a long story, but I suspect that it will evolve into a splendid Lafite-Rothschild. Tasted in Bordeaux at a private tasting.

  • 95p

Ruby. Scented, bright, nuanced, almost brilliant expression, filigree, floral, superbly detailed nose even at this early stage. The precision in this! Fresh acidity, ripe tannins, fresh, fruity, red berries, anise, bright, fruity, refreshing and nuanced. Perfect harmony and details in this one. Superb length. Drink over the next sixty years or so. And invite me. Drink over the next seventy years or so. 99

  • 99p

Lustrous mid crimson. Lightly spicy nose and very smooth tannins in the Lafite style. Only just enough acidity. Blurry impression. Mild and charming - very restrained and Lafite. It builds on the end in an impressive manner. 18/20 points (4/2016)

  • 93p
Dark purple red with violet hue. Very attractive nose, multi-layered, with pure fruit, very precisely structured, discreet hints of spices. On the palate great depth and length with pure fruit, fine acidity, silky tannins and long lingering fruit in the finish. Attractive and approachable fruit in the first moment, well structured mid-palate and never-ending length in the finish. A complex and great Lafite.
  • 98p
Medium deep colour. Cassis, dark chocolate espresso violet aromas with graphite notes. Well concentrated wine with cassis blackberry fruit, graphite nuances, fine gritty tannins touch Al-dente. Attractive inky complete its. Build up velvety firm and tight. Lovely mineral length. Classical and well balanced. Light but heavy. Lafite style. 97 points 
  • 97p
Lafite Rothschild Pauillac - 91% Cabernet Sauvignon 9% Merlot Good deep plum, nose again is quite tight, there is a pinpoint character to the aromatics, the palate is very textured, and layered, a sizeable black block here, a bit looser knit than usual, earthy notes on the finish, and the tannins are very ripe, long and fine. 93-96/100
  • 95p
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Origin

Pauillac, Bordeaux

Vintage Quality

Outstanding

Value For Money

Very good

Investment potential

Very Good

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