1999 Château Smith Haut Lafitte

Community Tasting Notes (42) Avg Score: 89.7 points

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  8/13/2023 - dlf-48 wrote:

  Very good wine good fruit nice finish

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  7/31/2020 - bordeauxmartini wrote: 89 Points

  Had from magnum - corkage at Gleneagles - they made a bit of a hash out of it using two single decanters. Nonetheless, espresso notes, lots of tertiary characteristics of leather and tobacco. This is good to go. No need to keep this much longer. Drink up.

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  7/12/2019 - pcwoz Likes this wine: 91 Points

  Really nice. Blackberry jam on toast but muted fruit. Not sweet at all. Very secondary flavours. A little smoke. 12.5 % alc. so light. Lovely balance. Tannins mild now. Very old school Bordeaux. Lovely. Perfect with lamb. It was a cold and wet yr I think so good acid too. Definitely still in the drinking window.

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  11/29/2018 - Jeff Leve wrote: 89 Points

  Bright, energetic and with a lot of lift to the red fruits on the medium-bodied palate, the nose is more interesting, with all its tobacco, wet earth, smoke and leafy, earthy nuances. There is not much need to hold this for further aging. This is probably at peak today. Fans of cool weather vintages will probably like this even more.

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  6/17/2018 - frontenac wrote: 83 Points

  Over the hill. Bought 2 years ago on sale.

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