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  • Country ranking ?

    76
  • Producer ranking ?

    6
  • Decanting time

    4h
  • When to drink

    from 2025
  • Food Pairing

    roasted game with mushrooms

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The Story

У Лафита есть душа, прекрасная, нежная и щедрая. Лафит превращает обыденность в мечту. Лафит — это гармония, гармония природы и человека, ибо без наших виноградарей не было бы Лафита». 
Барон Эрик де Ротшильд

Еще в 1815 году куртье Гийом Лоутон дал этому вину прекрасную характеристику: «Я бы назвал его самым элегантным, самым изысканным и самым деликатным со всех трех (лучших вин). Виноградники Лафит Ротшильд занимают самые лучшие площади Медока». А в 1855 году Шато Лафит Ротшильд будет классифицировано как 1 гран крю на знаменитой классификации, проведенной по случаю Международной выставки.

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Average Bottle Price

2023
715€

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Written Notes

Château Lafite 2018 / Very pure and extremely focused beam of cassis, black cherry puree on the nose. It has fabulous aromas of black truffles, currants, raspberry and dried flowers. Already soft, plush and savory in the mouth, it has a long, mineral-tinged finish. This is an emotional and soulful red.

  • 98p

What will unquestionably be another magical wine from Eric Kohler and his team, the 2018 Château Lafite checks in as 91% Cabernet Sauvignon, 8.5% Merlot, and just a splash of Petit Verdot. It's a classic Lafite that offers a deep purple/ruby color and beautiful notes of crème de cassis, lead pencil shavings, tobacco, cedar, and graphite. Flawlessly balanced, full-bodied, and seamless, it's a wine that builds incrementally on the palate, offering incredible finesse, ripe, present tannins, and a great finish. It reminds me of a more elegant version of the 2016 and should be approachable with just 5-6 years of cellaring and keep just about forever. Barrel Sample: 96-98.

  • 98p

It will take its place after the 1959 in the legend, with more intensity at birth, more precision, a larger scale of flavours and a finesse in the tannins’ integration than all the beautiful past vintages. Great wine, worthy of its pedigree.

  • 98p

Ruby. Tight, dark fruity, blackberries, liquorice and spices, denser. Fresh acidity, ripe tannins, dark fruity, spices, liquorice, layered, detailed, intense and dense. A richer Lafite, powerful, or rather denser. Alcohol on the very low side this year at 13,3. 96-98

  • 97p

Deep colour. Intense dark cherry cassis aronaswiry cedar notes. Very concentrated wine with deep set blackcurrant blackberry flavours, plentiful cedar tannins and marked long acidity. Very precise wine with linear structure and pure fruit expression, but surprisingly restrained for Lafite. Maybe a root day.

  • 96p

The wine is perfumed with new wood and sweet fruits, delicious black currant flavors giving both ripeness and freshness. The wine has weight and impressive density.

  • 98p

Excellent fruit. Big and refined tannins are the hallmark of yet another great Lafite. The fruit seems to overpower the tannins somewhat in this stage but the barrel aging should fill those tannins in to bring the fruit and the tannins in a perfect balance. Nut as so often, Lafite manages this skill to perfection. A sure bet!

  • 99p

Dark purple red colour with violet hue and black core. A great nose with multi-layered character, fragrant fruit, discreet spiciness, discreet roasting aroma, wonderful balance. On the palate opulent character yet very elegant with great freshness, multi-layered with excellent depth and length, sweet tannins and lush fruit, elegant spiciness. An impressing wine with great tension and superb potential 

  • 99p
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Pauillac, Bordeaux
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