2/13/2013 - Collector1855 wrote:

I drank this wine several times in the past few years (I was lucky to buy it before the Chinese did, and no, I am not selling it...). I have sold all vintages of overpriced Lafite but kept the 96 and 03. The 1996 to me is the most classic example of Pauillac. Cedar wood, cigar box etc. Light and dense at the same time, never too heavy, never too fruity, never too acidic. You open a bottle with a good friend...wow..., before you know its gone, so drinkable/delicious is this wine. You drink this and say to yourself, why in the world do they make those heavy syrupy wines. No matter how impressive they are after one sip, one sip is enough. The Lafite 96 is the opposite. Just too bad that the current price makes it unaffordable for almost all of us - but that is globalization. 98+