Lot 416
CHÂTEAU LAFITE ROTHSCHILD 2000 (1) WA 98+
CHÂTEAU MOUTON ROTHSCHILD 1973 (1 730 ML.)
CHÂTEAU PICHON-LONGUEVILLE BARON 1990 (1) WA 98
Lot 416 Details
CHÂTEAU LAFITE ROTHSCHILD 2000 (1)
Pauillac. 1er Cru Classé
A blend of 93.3% Cabernet Sauvignon and the rest Merlot, the wine still has a dark ruby/purple color and an extraordinarily youthful nose of graphite, black currants, sweet, unsmoked cigar tobacco, and flowers. The wine is rich, medium to full-bodied, but has that ethereal elegance and purity that is always Lafite. June 2010 WA 98+
CHÂTEAU MOUTON ROTHSCHILD 1973 (1 730 ml.)
Pauillac. 1er Cru Classé
u. hs. marked, stained & soiled label.
CHÂTEAU PICHON-LONGUEVILLE BARON 1990 (1)
Pauillac. 2ième Cru Classé
u. vts. marked label.
The palate is perfectly balanced, perhaps not as structured as it once showed since the tannins have mellowed, but what you get is a Pauillac relishing its secondary phase, which is almost Burgundy-like in terms of mouthfeel. Suffused with tension, it gains weight in the mouth toward the slightly tart finish. It is a Pichon Baron that only knows how to give sophisticated drinking pleasure. I once wrote that Pichon Baron is better than many 1990 First Growth, and that is a statement I have no reason to change. Tasted April 2017. Drink: 2017-2035 WA 98