1970 Château Lafite Rothschild

Community Tasting Notes (80) Avg Score: 89.7 points

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  3/4/2024 - asgerG wrote: 92 Points

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  Pale brick red, very wide orange edge, 3.5
  Mature ethereal mushroomy bouquet which after 15 min. turned more pencil like
  Delicate palate, lT, m+A, l+B, dry, really very evolved and almost fragile.
  Appears much older than it’s real age but interesting and enjoyable.

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  2/4/2024 - Jeff Leve wrote: 82 Points

  Bright, crisp, strawberries, cranberries, tomato, tobacco, and herbs are the focus of this lean, green wine. Light and austere, the wine tasted far older than its true age. Drink from 2024-2025.

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  2/1/2024 - Dionysos55 Likes this wine: 87 Points

  Robe très,très claire évolution très marquée.Bouquet peu intense de cassis et de cèdre.Y trouver d'autres arômes de manière sûre et certaine relève de l'imagination ou de l'exploit.La bouche offre encore une assise correcte mais le vin manque de structure.Evidemment,il fait son âge et il ne peut en aucun cas revendiquer un statut de grande réussite comme Latour et Palmer du même millésime.Il y a un gouffre de qualité entre ces monuments et cette cuvée qui reflète une gestion moins rigoureuse du château dans les années 60 et 70.Ce n'est qu'à partie de 1975 qu'il a retrouvé toute sa noblesse au côté de ses pairs.A boire sans en attendre davantage.

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  1/27/2024 - sdr Likes this wine: 92 Points

  Whole Lotta Lafite; 1/26/2024-1/27/2024 (Wine Watch, Ft. Lauderdale, Florida): This was a pleasant surprise from a vintage I included in the vertical out of "necessity" and not because I expected it to be good. But it was, in a very old school claret way. Pale orange, some brown. Classic old Bordeaux aroma of sweet old polished mahogany wood and brick. It is all tertiary now so don't expect any recognizable fruit. Seems even much older than it is, though.

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  1/1/2024 - BellevuePhil wrote: flawed

  corked.......so upset New Years 2024!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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