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  • Country ranking ?

    220
  • Producer ranking ?

    11
  • Decanting time

    3h
  • When to drink

    from 2025
  • Food Pairing

    roasted chicken with herbs

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テイスティングコメント(ボトリング時):

外観は極めて暗い色調、いまだ十分な若さを象徴する紫色の光沢。
瓶詰めから数ヶ月しか経っていないワインにありがちな、まだまだ控えめな香り。すでにこの段階から上質な深みと高い複雑性を感じさせます。香りに関しては、樽香は完全に溶け込んでおり、新鮮なイチゴとタバコのノートが香ります。
アタックにはかなりの力強さと同時にしなやかさがみられます。風味は昇り昇って… 極めてハイレベルなステージまでゆっくりと昇っていきます。
アグレッシブな面は一切なく、完璧な調和を描きながら余韻の長い後味へと続きます。
現時点ではこのラフィットに潜むポテンシャルのごくわずかしか堪能できません。あと数年の忍耐が求められます。

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The Story

ラフィットには魂が宿っています。優美で寛大で、柔和な魂です。ラフィットは大地を夢へと変化させます。ラフィットはハーモニー、自然と人とのハーモニー。つまり、優秀なヴィニュロン無くしては、何も生まれてきません」
エリック・ド・ロートシルト男爵

1815年、ギヨーム・ロートンは、早々と、シャトー・ラフィット・ロートシルトに次のような賛辞を残しています。「3軒(のプルミエ・クリュ)の中でも、極上のエレガンスと繊細さ、そして精気を備えたワインである。メドックでも最も優美な場所に位置するブドウ畑に数えられる。」1855年、万国博覧会を機会に制定された、かの有名な格付け。シャトー・ラフィット・ロートシルトは、格付け第一級の認定を得ています。

ブドウ品種 :

カベルネ・ソーヴィニヨン 80〜95%、メルロ 5〜20%、カベルネ・フランおよびプティ・ヴェルド 0〜5%
註:例外的ヴィンテージもあります。例)1994年は99%カベルネ・ソーヴィニヨン、1%プティ・ヴェルド。196...

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Wine Information

ここ数年は例年のごとく、初冬は暖かく乾燥した天候が続き、1月も終わりに近づく頃、雨が降り始めるとともに適度な寒さが訪れる傾向にあります。萌芽は平年どおり4月初旬に始まりました。水分を十分に補充できる環境と温暖な天候に恵まれたことにより、ブドウは瞬く間に生育します。6月、開花は早期かつ均質に進み、収穫を待たずして有望ヴィンテージへの期待が高まりました。
大海と河口は厳しい夏の暑さも和らげてくれました。水分ストレスは高めではありましたが、8月の降雨のおかげで果実着色に必要とされる冷涼さが補われ、結果、完璧な成熟を得ることができました。すべての条件が理想的にととのった中で収穫を迎え、各区画、ベストな状態で果実を収穫することができています。

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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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