Charity Lafite Dinner

Holyoke, MA
Tasted Sunday, January 24, 2010 by indiscriminate palate with 489 views

Introduction

Each flight was served blind.

Flight 1 (1 Note)

Flight 2 - 1975 (2 Notes)

  • 1975 Château Lafite Rothschild 91 Points

    France, Bordeaux, Médoc, Pauillac

    Double decanted one hour prior to serving. Easily identified as the Lafite. Dark brick. On the nose, mushroom, funk, cigar, cedar. Bright acidity, bright red fruit. Held quite well over almost an hour in the glass but did not improve.

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  • 1975 Château La Cardonne 87 Points

    France, Bordeaux, Médoc

    Opened just before serving. Brighter red than the Lafite with slight bricking. Fairly muted nose, pencil. Unidimensional and simple, but not at all bad.

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Flight 3 - Lafite 1979 & 1981 (2 Notes)

  • 1979 Château Lafite Rothschild 92 Points

    France, Bordeaux, Médoc, Pauillac

    Double decanted one hour prior to serving. Deep ruby red with a slight bricking at the rim. Musk and leather on the very classic nose. B+

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  • 1981 Château Lafite Rothschild 85 Points

    France, Bordeaux, Médoc, Pauillac

    Double decanted one hour prior to serving. Fairly simple, with a muted nose, fading but slightly harsh tannin, and good acidity. Completely outshined by the 79 in the same flight. C.

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Flight 4 - 1982 (3 Notes)

  • 1982 Château Lafite Rothschild 95 Points

    France, Bordeaux, Médoc, Pauillac

    Double decanted a bit over 2 hours prior to serving. A brilliant, captivating nose; black fruit, musk, floral perfume, slight funk/mold/fungus. Just brilliant. Owner commented that the wine was disappointing--perhaps the palate and finish were less than stellar, but the nose if worth the price of admission. A

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  • 1982 Carruades de Lafite

    France, Bordeaux, Médoc, Pauillac

    Double-decanted half hour prior to serving. This was no slouch alongside the Lafite and was surprisingly youthful. The table was fairly evenly split in picking out the Lafite or thinking it was the Carruades.

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  • 1982 Château Duhart-Milon

    France, Bordeaux, Médoc, Pauillac

    Double-decanted one hour prior to serving. Took very few notes as the Lafite had my full attention. Dark fruit, sweet oak, cherry. Very nice. B.

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Flight 5 - Lafite 1983 and 1986 and Napa ringer (3 Notes)

Flight 6 (1 Note)

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