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• Christer Byklum wrote: 95 points

  January 17, 2011 - A/B level fill, just at the bottom of the neck, very top shoulder. Pouring the wine into the glass, a beautifull bright ruby core, garnet rim with just a hint of brick. Nose of violets, very elegant blackcurrants and blackberries, hints of tobacco, prunes, fine leather, stones of stone fruits, touch of vanilla, pefumed, hint of roses, very seductive, not too intense, complex and very refined. Very pure. The florality just ads intensity after 25 minutes. On the palate, again very elegant, fantastic fresh acidity, so alive and vigorous, playfull and just carries the flavours for 30 seconds. Tannins ripe and feels more or less gone, quite a few still hang arround, relaxing on the tongue and gums. But they are so totally integrated in the texture and profile of the wine that you have to look hard to notice, they are in no way obvious, the texture is just gorgeous. Vibrant and kicking, pure, extremelly elegant. No difficulties finding Pauillac typicity in this one, mixed with the beautifull Lafite elegance. If this was a fake, please make more! A stunning wine. 95
  
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• indiscriminate palate wrote:

  January 24, 2010 - Charity Lafite Dinner (Holyoke, MA): 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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• Vintage 1982
• Type Red
• Producer Carruades de Lafite
• Varietal Red Bordeaux Blend
• Designation n/a
• Vineyard n/a
• Country France
• Region Bordeaux
• SubRegion Médoc
• Appellation Pauillac

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• In Cellars 23 (74%)
• Consumed 8 (26%)

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