Lot 514
CHÂTEAU LAFITE ROTHSCHILD 1995 (2) WS 96 WA 95
Lot 514 Details
CHÂTEAU LAFITE ROTHSCHILD 1995
Pauillac. 1er Cru Classé
u. 2 x bn. 2 x wrinkled, marked & peeling labels.
The 1995 Lafite-Rothschild (only one-third of the harvest made it into the final blend) is a blend of 75% Cabernet Sauvignon, 17% Merlot, and 8% Cabernet Franc. The wine was showing spectacularly well when I tasted it in November, 1997. It exhibits a dark ruby purple color, and a sweet, powdered mineral, smoky, weedy cassis-scented nose. Beautiful sweetness of fruit is present in this medium-bodied, tightly-knit, but gloriously pure, well-delineated Lafite. February 1998 WS 96 WA 95