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• Echezeaux19 wrote:

  March 29, 2024 - A

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• watcheslover Likes this wine: 99 points

  May 13, 2023 - 98-100
  
  98 Points
  98-99
  
  The vintage of the century!!!! Yes I know we have already told you this several times but this time it is the real truthful truth! Who are we kidding again? It was very hot but it was very cold, it was very dry but it rained a lot, the grapes are very ripe but with acidity...
  And Darwin said that man and mammoth sperm were adapting to climate change, why not grapes? Primeur wines are all more beautiful than each other, it's true! But that is not enough to make an exceptional vintage. One dimension is missing, the lifespan of the wine. And frankly, let's be honest, who can foresee today, that such a climatically contrasting vintage will not be syrup or vinegar in 20 or 30 years when the 2016, 2018,19,20 will begin their peak?

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• englishman's claret wrote:

  May 9, 2023 - The team at Lafite have crafted an immense wine from the 2022 vintage, managing to convey remarkable fruit density with an indelible sense of poise. This is one of the less forthcoming en primeur samples, yet the dense black fruit and graphite mineral that reluctantly show themselves speak of a terrific Lafite in years to come. The palate is on the more tannic side of the 2022s I tasted, but I don't really feel that there are any serious issues with over-extraction and great pains were taken to avoid exactly just such a thing. So much is made of Lafite's elegance (which clearly it attains eventually) that I think many forget what a big wine it can be - and how slow it can be to develop.

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• Jeff Leve wrote: 99 points

  May 8, 2023 - Garnet in color, a single swirl brings out its cornucopia of scents: flowers, currants, cherries, smoke, leather, lead pencil, Cuban cigar wrapper, orange rind and smoke. The wine is pure silky, elegance in texture. This is perhaps the most sensuous vintage of Lafite ever produced with its dream texture on the palate. In the mid-palate, the wine shifts from black to red to black fruits before moving to its wave of orange citrus, ending with refreshing mint notes. The purity in the fruits is striking. The over 60-second finish is seamless, which is a good thing, because this wine is so good, you never want it to end. The wine is complete from start to finish. The wine blends 94% Cabernet Sauvignon, 5% Merlot, and 1% Petit Verdot. It is interesting to note that the wine includes 17.5 % press wine in the blend, which sets a record for Lafite. 13.6% ABV, 3.85 pH. Harvesting starting August 31 for the young Merlot vines, for the grapes used in the Grand Vin, September 5, - September 23. Yields were 35 hectoliters per hectare. 40% of the harvest went into the Grand Vin. This is an earth-shattering vintage of Lafite that buyers with the disposabile income should add to their cellar. Drink from 2030-2065. 98-100 Pts.

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• vvWine.ch wrote:

  May 1, 2023 - 49 vvPunkte / Tiefgründig und kühl, dieser Wein strahlt keine Spur von Hitze aus dem Glas, mineralische Untertöne mit delikater Frucht, rote und dunkle Beeren, Veilchen, Iris, sogar ein Hauch von Orangenblüten, faszinierend. Im Gaumen schlank, super elegant, das ist tänzerisch leicht und doch dicht, der Wein hat schon fast eine burgundische Eleganz, tänzelt über die Zunge, die Tannine sind fein mit der Frucht verwoben, unglaublich energiegeladen und dabei die Ruhe in Person. Langes, rotfruchtiges Finale. Finesse pur. 2030-2060+ (Verkostet "En Primeur" im April 2023 auf Château Lafite-Rothschild) #primeurs22 www.vvWine.ch

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Wine Definition

• Vintage 2022
• Type Red
• Producer Château Lafite Rothschild
• Varietal Red Bordeaux Blend
• Designation n/a
• Vineyard n/a
• Country France
• Region Bordeaux
• SubRegion Médoc
• Appellation Pauillac
• UPC Code 3700274110807

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