2005 Château Smith Haut Lafitte

• By Antonio Galloni
  2005 Bordeaux: Here and Now (Apr 2021), 4/1/2021, (See more on Vinous...)

  (Smith Haut Lafitte Smith Haut Lafitte Red) Login and sign up and see review text.

JebDunnuck.com

• By Jeb Dunnuck
  Up From The Cellar #2 and Misc New Releases, 2/15/2018, (See more on JebDunnuck.com...)

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JancisRobinson.com

• By Jancis Robinson, MW
  2/23/2017, (See more on JancisRobinson.com...)

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Decanter

• By Jane Anson
  Anson's top fine wines of 2016, 12/29/2016, (See more on Decanter...)

  (Château Smith Haut Lafitte, Pessac-Léognan, Red) Login and subscribe to see review text.

JancisRobinson.com

• By Jancis Robinson, MW
  1/29/2015, (See more on JancisRobinson.com...)

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Winedoctor

• By Chris Kissack
  November 2009, (See more on Winedoctor...)

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JancisRobinson.com

• By Jancis Robinson, MW
  2/18/2009, (See more on JancisRobinson.com...)

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• By Julia Harding, MW
  7/15/2008, (See more on JancisRobinson.com...)

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View From the Cellar

• By John Gilman
  Jan/Feb 2008, Issue #13, The 2005 Bordeaux Vintage: A Snapshot of a Few Communes

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JancisRobinson.com

• By Julia Harding, MW
  12/6/2007, (See more on JancisRobinson.com...)

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Winedoctor

• By Chris Kissack
  October 2007, (See more on Winedoctor...)

  (Chateau Smith-Haut-Lafitte Pessac-Léognan) Login and sign up and see review text.

• By Stephen Tanzer
  May/June 2007, IWC Issue #132, (See more on Vinous...)

  (Chateau Smith Haut Lafitte Pessac-Leognan) Login and sign up and see review text.

• By Stephen Tanzer
  May/June 2006, IWC Issue #126, (See more on Vinous...)

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JancisRobinson.com

• By Jancis Robinson, MW
  4/14/2006, (See more on JancisRobinson.com...)

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Winedoctor

• By Chris Kissack
  April 2006, (See more on Winedoctor...)

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Wine Library TV

• By Gary Vaynerchuk
  High Rnd Bordeaux and Rhone Reds, Episode #897, 8/2/2010, (See more on Wine Library TV...) 92+ points

  (Chateau Smith Haut Lafite Rouge) #3; COLOR-gorgeous dark red; NOSE-big red fruit; enjoying the plum aspect; gorgeous pomegranate on the tail end; some creaminess; PALATE-this wine is not fooling around; very big; great silkiness coming across; beautiful dark cherry flavors on the mid-palate that I like quite a bit; refinement; there's gorgeous REAL tobacco on the 3rd quarter mid-palate transition to the finish; then it hits you with very, very hard with sour cherry meets grainy leaf with a accents of pink cotton candy; really quite pretty; great silkiness, but very dark and very young; tight tannins; this wine is a baby; this is fantastic, but not completely knocking my socks off at this $100 price point; but ultimately, this is just so young and has potential to improve; RP-95; GV-92+

RJonWine.com

• By Richard Jennings
  9/27/2008, (See more on RJonWine.com...) 86 points

  (Château Smith Haut Lafitte) Very dark red violet color; vanilla and caramel oak nose; a little remote, nothing on entry, then oaky tart plum; medium finish

• By Richard Jennings
  1/18/2008, (See more on RJonWine.com...) 84 points

  (Château Smith Haut Lafitte) Medium red violet color; tobacco nose; big on tannins right now; drying short-medium finish