Community Tasting Note

emkc wrote:

Sunday, January 16, 2011 - Do not open any Lafite with less than 10 years of bottle age! This one is much much much better than my last bottle opened 7 years ago...totally different! Still dark red, with the typical lafite perfume and floral nose...also leather and lead pencil. Breathed in the bottle for 2 hours and then in decanter for an hour. A bit oaky at the first attack but it softened after 10 min...great balance and soft tannins but the wine has a firm structure in place. The finish is complex though not too long. In a blind tasting, I would not have imagined that it is a 1997.

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