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2012 Château Smith Haut Lafitte Blanc
Sémillon-Sauvignon Blanc Blend
- France
- Bordeaux
- Graves
- Pessac-Léognan
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Community Tasting Notes 55
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Mneumeier Likes this wine: 91 points
February 4, 2024 - Drinking great.
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jkscully Likes this wine:
August 24, 2023 - After an hour of air and closer to room temperature, this developed into a nice creamy wine with notes of almond cream, egg custard, grapefruit, fig, honey, gooseberry, fennel, toast, and peaches. I’d like a little bit more acidic cut, but this is still delicious. My first aged white wine from Pessac, so I don’t know how to compare it with others, but this seems very good. Nice match with tinned sardines from Spain and a Catalan peach and tomato salad, though it was the goat cheese in the salad that really popped with the wine. Based on other CT reviews, I thought this would be terrible, but I thought it was drinking very nicely right now. To me, it proves that patience with nice bottles of Bordeaux Blanc will be rewarded (though, unfortunately, I didn’t get to try any bottles of this when it was young). Based on this bottle, I’d buy more of this (though it has gotten so expensive). I’m a fan.
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jmoon Likes this wine: 92 points
April 13, 2022 - Beautiful flavours but less energy than I was hoping. Very good not great. Prefer SHL after 5 years not 10 when it’s fresher and more vibrant unless it’s a killer vintage .
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stinkycook Likes this wine:
February 19, 2022 - Spot on.
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Mneumeier wrote: 85 points
September 16, 2021 - A lot of cat piss
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By Richard Hemming MW
10/25/2022 (link)(Ch Smith Haut Lafitte Pessac-Léognan White) Subscribe to see review text.
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By Richard Hemming MW
4/3/2022 (link)(Ch Smith Haut Lafitte Graves White) Subscribe to see review text.
Decanter
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By Yohan Castaing
Château Smith Haut Lafitte: 2008-2018, 6/8/2021 (link)(Château Smith Haut Lafitte, Pessac-Léognan, Bordeaux, France, White) Subscribe to see review text.
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By Jancis Robinson, MW
1/22/2016 (link)(Ch Smith Haut Lafitte Pessac-Léognan White) Subscribe to see review text.
Vinous
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By Antonio Galloni
2012 Bordeaux: Messages in a Bottle (Jan 2016), 1/1/2016 (link)(Smith Haut Lafitte Smith Haut Lafitte Blanc) Subscribe to see review text.
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By Julia Harding, MW
11/9/2015 (link)(Ch Smith Haut Lafitte Pessac-Léognan White) Subscribe to see review text.
Winedoctor
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By Chris Kissack
November 2015, 11/1/2015 (link)(Château Smith-Haut-Lafitte Pessac-Léognan White) Subscribe to see review text.
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By Chris Kissack
April 2015, 4/1/2015 (link)(Château Smith-Haut-Lafitte Pessac-Léognan White) Subscribe to see review text.
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By Jancis Robinson, MW
3/29/2015 (link)(Ch Smith Haut Lafitte Pessac-Léognan White) Subscribe to see review text.
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By Jancis Robinson, MW
10/23/2014 (link)(Ch Smith Haut Lafitte Pessac-Léognan White) Subscribe to see review text.
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By Julia Harding, MW
4/30/2013 (link)(Ch Smith Haut Lafitte Pessac-Léognan White) Subscribe to see review text.
Decanter
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By Steven Spurrier
Bordeaux 2012 results: Graves, Pessac-Leognan & other dry whites, 4/19/2013 (link)(Château Smith Haut Lafitte, Pessac-Léognan, White) Subscribe to see review text.
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By Jancis Robinson, MW
4/10/2013 (link)(Ch Smith Haut Lafitte Pessac-Léognan White) Subscribe to see review text.
Winedoctor
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By Chris Kissack
April 2013, 4/1/2013 (link)(Château Smith-Haut-Lafitte Pessac-Léognan White) Subscribe to see review text.
View From the Cellar
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By John Gilman
Mar/Apr 2013, Issue #44, The 2012 Bordeaux Vintage: A Very Inconsistent, But Classically-Proportioned Year(Château Smith Haut-Lafitte Blanc) Subscribe to see review text.
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By Richard Jennings
1/30/2015 (link) 93 points(Château Smith Haut Lafitte Blanc) Light yellow color; lemon, ripe grapefruit nose; silky textured, tasty, lemon, ripe grapefruit palate; needs 2 years; medium-plus finish
Wine Definition
- Vintage 2012
- Type White
- Producer Château Smith Haut Lafitte
- Varietal Sémillon-Sauvignon Blanc Blend
- Designation Blanc
- Vineyard n/a
- Country France
- Region Bordeaux
- SubRegion Graves
- Appellation Pessac-Léognan
- UPC Codes 087000346321, 3438082112019, 3700266223706, 400003510726
Community Holdings
- Pending Delivery 38 (5%)
- In Cellars 408 (52%)
- Consumed 344 (44%)
Food Pairing
No food pairings available.
Who Likes This Wine
100% Like It 27 votes
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- CountryFrance
- RegionBordeaux
- SubRegionGraves
- AppellationPessac-Léognan
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