Lafite Rothschild - Pauillac 2019 (750ml)
Price: $725.00
| Producer | Lafite Rothschild |
| Country | France |
| Region | Bordeaux |
| Subregion | Pauillac |
| Varietal | Bordeaux Blend |
| Vintage | 2019 |
| Sku | 1005699 |
| Size | 750ml |
James Suckling: 99-100 Points
Complex aromas of blackcurrants and lead pencil. Incredible. Graphite and tar. Stunning. It?s full-bodied yet shows such harmony and polish. Elegance and complexity with finesse. The tannins are so integrated and endless. It goes on for minutes. 94% cabernet sauvignon 5% merlot and 1% petit verdot.
Jeb Dunnuck: 98-100 Points
A truly great Lafite and maybe the wine of the vintage the 2019 Château Lafite-Rothschild reveals a deep purple color as well as an ultra-classic bouquet of crème de cassis lead pencil unsmoked tobacco chocolate and gravelly minerality. Deep full-bodied and flawlessly balanced it's a magical heavenly bottle of wine that's going to be approachable with just 5-6 years of bottle age yet evolve for 100 years or more. It reminds me of the 2016 only with a touch more sexiness and opulence. (Drink between 2025-2125)
Wine Advocate: 97-99 Points
The 2019 Lafite Rothschild is a blend of 94% Cabernet Sauvignon 5% Merlot and 1% Petit Verdot harvested from the 19th of September to the 7th of October. Deep garnet-purple in color it rolls effortlessly out of the glass with compelling notions of baked black cherries ripe blackberries and crème de cassis followed by hints of mocha licorice smoked meats and Sichuan pepper with a waft of eucalyptus. Medium-bodied the palate is at once ethereally graceful and powerfully intense featuring layer upon layer of profound smoky savory flavors and decadently ripe fruit framed by exquisite silt-like tannins and just enough freshness finishing with epic length. In terms of flavor profile this is a surprisingly (atypically) hedonic forward expression with notably lower acidity/higher pH (the pH is 3.9). The alcohol is 13.4% just a tick higher than the 2018 (13.3%). And yet the tannins here are unmistakably Lafite featuring all the tannic grace finesse and densely pixilated poise fans will expect. What an exciting paradox for the palate?bravo!
Vinous: 96-98 Points
The 2019 Lafite-Rothschild is sensual alluring and simply breathtaking in its beauty. A vivid towering Lafite the 2019 simply has it all. Even with all of its intensity the 2019 possesses striking minerality and tension that give the wine its sense of drive and precision. it is a stunning wine by any measure. The blend is 94% Cabernet 5% Merlot and 1% Petit Verdot including some Merlot from clay-rich parcels that are new to the Grand Vin. Technical Director Eric Kohler describes 2019 as an easier vintage than 2018 a year that saw quite a bit of disease pressure and extremes of temperature. Kohler added that while 2019 was hot it was consistently hot and therefore the vines adapted to the conditions as opposed to being shocked by sudden changes. Yields were a very classic 36-40 hectoliters per hectare depending on the property. Cuvaison was about three weeks with gentle extractions. As always one of the signatures at Lafite is the use of a portion of press lots in the final blends. -- Antonio Galloni
