2023 Château Lafite Rothschild

Community Tasting Notes (2) Avg Score: 98 points

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  5/4/2024 - Jeff Leve wrote: 97 Points

  Richly colored, with a complex aromatic profile offering flowers, spices, cedar, cigar wrapper, lead pencil, creme de cassis, and blackberries. The wine rapidly focuses on its layers of energetic, red with black fruits There is a polished, character here. Texturally, this is elegant, and racy, with length, purity, and most importantly, charm. finishing with seamless, gentle waves of creme de cassis. The wine blends 93% Cabernet Sauvignon, 6% Merlot, and 1% Petit Verdot. 15% press wine. 12.9% ABV, 3.78 pH. Harvesting started September 7 for the young Merlot vines, finishing September 29. The key to the success this year was controlling mildew pressure, and finding the optimum picking dates. 38% of the harvest went into the Grand Vin. Drink from 2030-2065. 96-98 Pts.

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  5/1/2024 - vvWine.ch wrote: 99 Points

  98-100 Punkte. Tiefgründig, Noblesse pur, komplex im Aromenspektrum, klar definiert am Gaumen, diskreter Auftakt, baut aus, zeigt Druck und eine beeindruckende Eleganz. Tänzerisch, verspielt, dabei seriös, endlos lang. Sehr Lafite. Wir in jeder Phase seines Lebens Spass machen. (En Primeur Tasting April 2024, 12.9 Alkohol)

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