2022 Château Smith Haut Lafitte

Community Tasting Notes (4) Avg Score: 98.3 points

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  5/11/2023 - watcheslover Likes this wine: 97 Points

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  5/8/2023 - Jeff Leve wrote: 99 Points

  Inky dark in color, the wine requests a bit of effort before jumping into its nose of spice, cigar wrapper, blackberries, black currants, flowers, wet earth, and smoke. On your palate, the purity in the fruit, elegance, and lift is there. But what stands out is the width in your mouth as the wine caresses every part of your palate with its silky textures, and richness. The finish seals the deal as the wine has real staying power, staying with you for over 50 seconds! Harvesting took place from September 5 - September 30. Yields were low at 28 hectoliters per hectare. The wine is a blend of 64% Cabernet Sauvignon, 32% Merlot, 3% Cabernet Franc and 1% Petit Verdot, and is aging in 60% New, French oak barrels for 18 months. 14.5% ABV. pH 3.55. Is this the best vintage of Smith Haut Lafitte ever produced? Maybe. Let's revisit when the wine is in the bottle. Drink from 2027-2055. 98-100 Pts.

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  5/1/2023 - vvWine.ch wrote: 99 Points

  99 vvPunkte / (64% Cabernet Sauvignon, 32% Merlot, 3% Cabernet Franc, 1% Petit Verdot, 60% Neuholz, 14.5%). Ausdruckstark und fast schon toskanisch anmutend, mit viel reifer Frucht, Gewürzen, floralen Noten, dunkler Frucht, eine Nasendroge sondergleichen. Im Gaumen kräftig, das ist pure Konzentration, der Wein baut aus, wird immer mächtiger, bleibt fokussiert, massive, hochwertige Tannine verleihen Nachdruck, der Wein zeigt Rasse, Länge und endet auf eine herbe Note, die viel Frische verleiht. Ein SHL Monument, das vielleicht etwas toskanischer daherkommt, als in anderen Jahren, qualitativ jedoch über alle Zweifel erhaben. Braucht in meinen Augen einiges an Reife, bis er in 15 Jahren sein optimales Trinkfenster erreichen wird. 2035 bis 2060+ (Verkostet "En Primeur" im April 2023 auf Château Smith Haut Lafitte) #primeurs22 www.vvWine.ch

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  4/28/2023 - chatters wrote:

  En Primeur campaign for the 2022 vintage Day Seven (Bordeaux): Polished oak, savoury black fruits show blackcurrant and slight plums, cream, sweet spice and a little caramel note form the oak. Medium plus intensity acidity lends wet juiciness to the muted black fruits, drying woody tannins are slightly chalky, finish is quite astringent and bitter. Nah.

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