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  • Producer ranking ?

    51
  • Decanting time

    2h
  • When to drink

    2020-2035
  • Food Pairing

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The Story

Each Château has its own style.  / What would be, according to you, the specificities of Château Smith Haut Lafitte Red?

The style of our red wine is very classic, with a beautiful expression of our terroir of Günzian Gravel which gives unique smoky notes. We pursue elegance and structure, freshness and complexity, balance and richness.
Our majority of Cabernet Sauvignon, harvested at full maturity and softly vinified to extract only the silkiest tannins, unveils after proper aging its full potential for years long.
The other grapes variety of our vineyard, the Merlot, the Cabernet Franc and the Petit Verdot add to the Cabernet Sauvignon their own aromas and participate in the typical harmony of our Cru Classé de Graves.

Which vintage of your Château red wine do you prefer?

Such as the whites, it is very difficult to pick a vintage among others, as every occasion and every meal will enlighten a specific vintage.
In my opinion, our 2000 red is a wine I would not doubt in comparing with the greatest reds from both banks. It has everything, except maybe some more years…
Another vintage we particularly cherish is the 2003, because despite the heatwave that affected the region, our early terroir allows us to harvest grapes at perfect maturity before they “cook” over the sun. Therefore we have a charming wine, whose freshness of aromas trouble the tasters at every blind tasting.
However I must say that we reached the zenith of our great reds with two legendary vintages: 2009 and 2010, though these two vintages have very little in common! 2009, my favorite, is powerful, charming, round and very “charismatic”… 2010, my husband’s favorite, is a beautiful classic, that expresses perfectly our Gravel terroir, with notes of black fruits, mineral finish and incredible Caudalies (the unit that measures length of wine flavors in mouth).

 

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Written Notes

Ruby. Starting out ever so slightly herbal, typical of the vintage and a bit lean. With a few hours in decanter, very elegant cassis, tobacco, minerals and a slightly spicy and scented nose. Fresh acidity, ripe tannins, elegant fruit and balance, fruity, quite refreshing, long finish. 91

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2007 Smith Haut Lafitte Rouge (60% Cabernet Sauvignon, 31% Merlot, 8% Cabernet Franc, 1% Petit Verdot) A mix of fresh red and black fruit together with developing characters in the wine. Roasted coffee, cigar box, tobacco, hint of mushroom and wet forest. Notes of raspberry, red currant, sun dry tomato came at the back of the palate and nose. Medium body with lots of fine, silky tannin and persistent length. An elegant but successful wine in a difficult vintage and starting to be the peak for the readiness to drink.
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Origin

Martillac, Bordeaux

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