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90 Wine Spectator
This has a streamlined feel, offering dark cherry and steeped currant fruit flecked with tobacco and dark anise accents, carrying through a smoky finish. Shows a notably silky edge for the vintage. Drink now through 2022. 20,000 cases made. –JM
90 Wine Spectator
This has a streamlined feel, offering dark cherry and steeped currant fruit flecked with tobacco and dark anise accents, carrying through a smoky finish. Shows a notably silky edge for the vintage. Drink now through 2022. 20,000 cases made. –JM
16 Rene Gabriel
Tiefes Purpur, satt in der Mitte, Granatschimmer am Rand. Florales bis blumiges Bouquet, wirkt reserviert, schwarze Kirschen dahinter. Im Gaumen ist schon fast gastronomisch als Primeurprobe, ganz weiche Tannine. So leicht hatte ich den Carruades noch nie als Fassmuster. Respektive sein 2007 nicht mehr. Ich hatte och den sensationellen Les Forts de Latour 2012 im Mundwinkel als ich diesen Carruades probierte. Die qualitative Distanz beträgt mehr als die geografische Luftlinie.
89 Robert Parker
The second wine, the 2012 Carruades de Lafite is composed of 53% Cabernet Sauvignon, 42% Merlot and the rest Cabernet Franc and Petit Verdot. Soft, round, accessible and delicious, but uninspiring, it possesses a dark ruby/plum color, medium body and hints of lead pencil shavings intermixed with red and black currants and vanillin. Drink it over the next 7-8 years. Charles Chevalier was candid in saying that the tropical heat wave, along with the poor flowering resulted in intense labor in the vineyard and during the harvest where triage was the operative word, and had to be done thoroughly and consistently. The 2012 Lafite Rothschild, a blend of 91% Cabernet Sauvignon, 8.5% Merlot and 0.5% Petit Verdot, was the result of a harvest that took place between September 28 and October 9 for the Merlot, October 9-16 for the Cabernet Sauvignon. The small amount of Cabernet Franc included in the Carruades de Lafite was harvested on October 11 - 12. Only 38% of the production made it into the grand vin. If the 2012 fills out completely it could turn out similar to the 1998 Lafite.
16 Rene Gabriel
Tiefes Purpur, satt in der Mitte, Granatschimmer am Rand. Florales bis blumiges Bouquet, wirkt reserviert, schwarze Kirschen dahinter. Im Gaumen ist schon fast gastronomisch als Primeurprobe, ganz weiche Tannine. So leicht hatte ich den Carruades noch nie als Fassmuster. Respektive sein 2007 nicht mehr. Ich hatte och den sensationellen Les Forts de Latour 2012 im Mundwinkel als ich diesen Carruades probierte. Die qualitative Distanz beträgt mehr als die geografische Luftlinie.
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Château Lafite Rothschild
Traditional, elegant, and legendary – are just a few words that can describe the world’s most famous Bordeaux estate, Château Lafite Rothschild. Owned by Domaines Barons de Rothschild since the 1700s, the First Growth estate has remained the “leader among fine wines,” producing top-quality wines for decades. As one of the largest producers in Pauillac, the estate owns over 100-hectares of vineyards planted to 75% Cabernet Sauvignon, 20% Merlot, 4% Cabernet Franc, and a mere 1% Petit Verdot. Two-thirds of the vineyards form a single plot around the château, while the third parcel intertwines with those of Duhart-Milon. The renowned Médoc winery produces a fragrant and soulful Grand Vin, Château Lafite Rothschild that represents the essential harmony found between man and nature. In the same spirit of distinction, Les Carruades de Lafite Rothschild is produced with a higher content of Merlot, this exceptional wine is much more impressive than an average second label. Both wines benefit from 15 to 20 years of cellaring, to achieve the ultimate unity found between the powerful tannins and the aromas of cedar and cassis fruit.