Lot 565
CHÂTEAU LAFITE ROTHSCHILD 1995 (1) WS 96 WA 95
CHÂTEAU LAFITE ROTHSCHILD 2001 (1) WA 94
CHÂTEAU LAFITE ROTHSCHILD 2007 (1) WA 94
Lot 565 Details
CHÂTEAU LAFITE ROTHSCHILD 1995 (1)
Pauillac. 1er Cru Classé
u. bn.
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
CHÂTEAU LAFITE ROTHSCHILD 2001 (1)
Pauillac. 1er Cru Classé
u. bn.
WA 94
CHÂTEAU LAFITE ROTHSCHILD 2007 (1)
Pauillac. 1er Cru Classé
u. bn.
Tasted at BI Wine & Spirits' 10-Years-On tasting, the 2007 Lafite-Rothschild has an elegant cigar box bouquet, with dusky black fruit and a touch of antique bureau—just classic Lafite. The palate is medium-bodied with fine tannin, cedar and tobacco infusing the black fruit, classic in style with a conservative yet focused finish that lingers in the mouth. This is certainly the most subtle First Growth, but one of the most refined too—a sophisticated but understated Lafite-Rothschild that will age with discrete style. Tasted February 2017 Drink: 2019-2035 WA 94