1955 Château Smith Haut Lafitte

Community Tasting Notes (2) Avg Score: 91 points

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  10/29/2001 - Xavier Auerbach wrote: 92 Points

  Half bottle. Quite deep but healthy bricky red, positive rim; deep and rich nose, lovely old claret character, good oak, ripe black fruit and softer, lighter top notes; firm and well-structured but still well-balanced, dry, good extract, minerally, good fruit flavours; lovely length, leaves the mouth dry but perfumed. Fully mature, showing well, will dry out.

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  11/3/1993 - Xavier Auerbach wrote: 90 Points

  Half bottle. Level into neck, good cork. Fully mature but healthy appearance; warm glowing nose, cedar, nuts, dark pitch, good depth, harmonious, bottle-age; lively and firm palate, good structure, dry and extracted but also with a gentle softness; finishes a bit short and chocolaty, not really convincing. Still: a fine 1955 and in good nick.

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