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Community Tasting Notes (201) Avg Score: 95.8 points

  • not blind
    Makes fun in this stage. Still fruit dominated with beginning secondary and tertiary aromas. 97

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  • This bottle showed a bit more maturity than I expected but it's still classic Lafite with deep and subdued dark red fruits, a gorgeous silky texture and classic notes of cedar wood and lead pencil on the complex finish. I love this wine and still think it has a long way to go so either this was decanted just a bit too long or an ever-so-slightly tired bottle.

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  • A quatuor of Bordeaux for this supper. Lafite Rothschild 1996, Gruaud-larose 2009, Montrose 2006 and Smith-Haut-Lafite 2011.
    My favorite was the Lafite but I was disappointed. I rated it 94 (93-94). Impressive youthfulness for such an old wine. Cassis, tobacco and lead pencil with some green pepper. Complex and long but without the concentration and wow effect I expected from a Premier Grand cru. The three other guests rated it 92.
    My second close favorite was the Gruaud-Larose: I rated it 93. The others had 92 or 93 ratings. It had more fruit but it still was less rich than I had hoped for.
    The Smith-Haut Lafite was also excellent, tasting younger and having classic Bordeaux character: I rated it 92, The others, 91 to 93.
    The Montrose barely made the 90 mark for me: very austere, dry wood on the mouth mixed with black fruits. We were three rating it 90 with the fourth of us gaving it 94.

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  • Whole Lotta Lafite; 1/26/2024-1/27/2024 (Wine Watch, Ft. Lauderdale, Florida): An off bottle although not corked. The fruit is old and stewed. Probably heat damaged. Sad since this vintage of Lafite can be outstanding.

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  • Decanted for 3 hours. The first glass was somewhat reserved, but the wine improved with the second glass. The wine remained at the same good level until the end of the bottle. Even though the wine is still young, it was concentrated, full and had a great complexity. 96 pts. at the moment.

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Vinous

  • By Neal Martin
    Cleaning Out the Cupboard: Bordeaux 1943-2020 (Jan 2023), 1/1/2023, (See more on Vinous...)

    (Lafite-Rothschild Lafite-Rothschild Red) Login and sign up and see review text.

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Vinous

  • By Neal Martin
    Looking Back To Go Forward: Lafite-Rothschild 1868 – 2015 (Jul 2018), 7/18/2018, (See more on Vinous...)

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Vintage Tastings

  • By John Kapon
    From the East, 9/16/2010

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  • By John Kapon
    1995 vs 1996 Bordeaux, 10/27/2008

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Vinous

  • By Stephen Tanzer
    July/August 2002, IWC Issue #103, (See more on Vinous...)

    (Chateau Lafite Rothschild Pauillac) Login and sign up and see review text.

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RJonWine.com

  • By Richard Jennings
    4/27/2007, (See more on RJonWine.com...) 94 points

    (Château Lafite Rothschild) Rich cassis and mushroom nose; plush soft cassis, mushroom, mocha and herbaceous note; medium-plus finish 94+ pts. (still going strong after 2 hours in the glass)

Rockss and Fruit

  • By Lyle Fass
    12/25/2004, (See more on Rockss and Fruit...)

    (Lafite-Rothschild) Very tight wine but impressive nonetheless. Hints of tar, fresh tobacco, violets, pencil lead & cassis. Perfectly symetrical in the mouth with no hard edges but in the beginning the wine was not giving up much fruit. As it aerated over dinner it began to show its greatness. Layers of massive fruit allied with stunning finesse and a very long finish. I know there is more fruit there and lots more aromatic fireworks to come in the future. I would let this lie for 10 years.

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