2001 Château Lafite Rothschild

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  5/2/2024 - Willi Vinotti Likes this wine: 94 Points

  This 2001 Lafite is very much open for business. As always with these first growths, you expect something spectacular, somehow justifying the market value of the bottle. Specially with Lafite, reality often fell a bit short of expectations over the years. This 2001 is a great wine, where a fine nose, rather defensive, of classical matured Pauillac is followed by a multi-layered and still fruit driven palate.
  
  The most striking are maybe the tannins, nicely melted they provide for a very smooth drinking feel. And they are also supporting a very long finish. Not invasive, but persisting still after minutes. All with a certain smokiness and an acidity which gives the wine freshness and balance.
  
  All in all a very good wine, of course not commensurate with the current price tag, but an OK value at the price at release (some 130€).

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  3/16/2024 - liber Likes this wine: 95 Points

  4th of 24, decanted 90 minutes, perfect cork and level, youthful robe, exquisite, complex and detailed nose, similarly fine nuanced palate as it approaches maturity, still on fruit with muted but fine grained tannins, elegant and beautifully balanced, if without authority and drive of very best vintages, upside yet, 20+ years. VF (18.5).

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  2/4/2024 - Floyd77 Likes this wine: 97 Points

  A beautiful Lafite from the under-appreciated and overshadowed 2001 vintage.

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  12/28/2023 - Scottlmatthews Likes this wine: 99 Points

  One of the best noses and palate I have ever experienced in my 40 years of formal tastings. This will take a few hours for me to do my sommelier write up-please wait….

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  10/19/2023 - Eric Wright Likes this wine: 93 Points

  Tasted at Verve Wine Lafite tasting.
  
  Still dark in the glass, but the purple tint is gone.
  
  Age is immediately apparent on the nose. Still pleasant, but tertiary notes clearly poking through. Old, but elegant. Seems to be just beginning its decline. Light green pepper on the nose. Body is quite light. 85% cabernet sauvignon, 15% merlot.
  
  After some time in the glass, a lovely sweet, smoky barbecue flavor develops (maybe hoisin sauce)
  
  Lightness and increasing tertiary notes suggest this is not one for the ultra-long term. Nonetheless, clearly a high quality wine with elegance and complexity.

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