Fine Wine > France > Bordeaux > Pauillac

Cellar/Tasting Notes
"A blend of 81% Cabernet Sauvignon and 19% Merlot, this wine represents only 34% of Lafite's total harvest. In a less than perfect Medoc vintage, it has been spectacular since birth, putting on more weight and flesh over the last year. This opaque purple-colored 1998 is close to perfection. The..

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"Full medium-deep red. Medicinal, austere nose of plum and chocolate ... Fat and plump, ... a very satisfying drink ..."

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"... The 1975 is a powerful Lafite ... In most cases, it has been an outstanding wine ... The aromatics indicate the wine is fully mature ..."

Cellar/Tasting Notes
"Full medium-deep red. Medicinal, austere nose of plum and chocolate ... Fat and plump, ... a very satisfying drink ..."

Cellar/Tasting Notes
"The 1959 is unquestionably the greatest Lafite-Rothschild that has approached full maturity ... The super-aromatic bouquet of flowers, black truffles, cedar, lead pencil, and red fruits is followed by one of the most powerful and concentrated Lafites I have tasted. Medium to full-bodied,..

Cellar/Tasting Notes
Interestingly, a bottle of 1990 Lafite Rothschild I pulled from my cellar for a video blog on my web site was still buttoned down, tight, and even with extended decanting was not showing as much as I would have hoped. However, a bottle tasted, of all places, in Seoul, Korea in February, was only a..