2004 Château Lafite Rothschild

Community Tasting Notes (84) Avg Score: 94.0 points

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  3/24/2024 - Eric wrote:

  2004 Bordeaux at 20 years courtesy of Mark Taylor; 3/23/2024-3/24/2024 (Atlanta, GA): Mmm, sharp, cedar, spice, toasty/coffee, horsey, cassis, faintly bitter, quite tannic and massive. My #1 and the group #2. Incorrectly guessed as Latour.

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  2/24/2024 - Cailles wrote: 94 Points

  Bordeaux 2004 - 20 Years On - 33 Reds: All wines tasted blind, not decanted. Observations: 1) 2004 is a mediocre vintage overall, with many pleasant wines, but without the depth of better years. 2) At the top, the vintage produced some classic, old-school wines with lots of freshness and fresh fruit. 3) At the lower end, many wines lacked fruit and ripe tannins, resulting in some astringent and slightly drying wines. 4) An alarming number of Right Bank wines (5 out of 16, no Left Bank wine) were oxidized, including some heavyweights like Petrus, Evangile or Figeac. An unacceptably high proportion of faulty wines. 5) I’m not sure that the 2004 are currently in a good phase, many of my scores were lower than in previous tastings. The question is if it’s just a weaker phase or the beginning of the end. 6) At the top and the only wine >95pts was a layered Le Pin (rated 96pts), with a charming Vieux Chateau Certan, a surprising Issan and Clos l'Eglise, as well as an elegant Lafite sharing second place (all rated 94pts).
  
  TN: This was one of the best wines today, certainly in terms of completeness and elegance (which is what you would expect from a Lafite). The nose was a bit muted and only with time opened up slightly. The palate was good from the go with fine red berries, fresh blue fruit, minerality, some leathery and bretty notes. Quite round and complete with ripe, fine tannins and a light and airy texture exuding elegance like no other wine in this vintage. 94+pts.

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  12/17/2023 - ShadowIII Likes this wine: 92 Points

  Moderate concentration, cassis, pencil lead, tobacco, cedar, integrated tannins

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  12/16/2023 - Ozen Likes this wine: 96 Points

  Day one: rather closed, not giving much,
  Day two this Lafite is grand, Lafite as we know it: Deep, rich, sophisticated, tight and full of fruit in layer after layer. Slightly dry tannins. Intense and beautiful. Amazing core for a year that suposedly is somewhat off. Airing this wine is a must, and not just for a few hours. A truly wonderful wine the second day.

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  4/8/2023 - winejnky Likes this wine: 93 Points

  I’m generally not a Bordeaux person, but this is an impressive wine. Decanted 2.5 hours before dinner and continued to evolve over 2 more, clearly still many years to go. Cherries, menthol & oak wrapped in a rich profile with good length. Purchased at Costco in 2007 for $125 (wine fridge since then) and finally pulled the trigger to pair with leg of lamb.

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