2012 Château Smith Haut Lafitte Les Hauts de Smith Blanc

Community Tasting Notes (11) Avg Score: 90.9 points

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  11/1/2023 - sempervinum Does not like this wine: 88 Points

  Bright yellow. First fresh. A bit of fruit vanishes quickly and gives way to more balsamic notes like hay, wax. Fresh tree bark. First second better in the mouth with fresh acidity and a creamy mouthfeel. Turns quickly a bit unpleasant. Retronasal balsamic in the mouth which stays unpleasingly long. 13 vol alcohol are present. My wife denied drinking. Better on day 2. Unpleasant aromas are muted however acidity is down too.

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  9/17/2022 - rexmerlot wrote: 90 Points

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  8/25/2022 - Pontifax Likes this wine: 94 Points

  A collector friend opened this with dinner tonight.
  Drank my very last bottle a few months back.....what luck!
  On nose and palate: balanced notes of citrus,oak, melon, roasted almonds, figs, and more firm acidity, and less barley sugar notes.....full bodied , elegant and still age worthy....a finish with notes of ginger and green peach.

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  6/24/2022 - rexmerlot wrote: 91 Points

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  2/26/2022 - Pontifax Likes this wine: 93 Points

  So....4th and LAST bottle of this wine!
  On nose and palate: barley sugar, tart apple and lemon curd....as it warms up, ginger, roasted almonds, sea salt , and a dry floral character, on a rich, medium body braced with still clean present acidity....great with salmon or pasta Alfredo with cream sauce.
  PS: this wine is the same price as the underwhelming Cakebread Sauv Blanc 2020, recently tasted!

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