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Smith Haut Lafitte Rouge 2019 900cl

Grand Cru Classé | Graves, Pessac-Léognan | Bordeaux | Francia
CHF 1’621.50

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2019 2021
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99 James Suckling
Intense blackberry and graphite character coming out of the glass, together with dried violets, ink and some asphalt. Full-bodied with wonderfully integrated tannins that spread across the palate and then draw you deep into the wine. Lead-pencil and blackcurrant aftertaste. Tightly wound with a cashmere-like texture. A whole and thought-provoking wine. Try after 2028 and beyond.
97 Vinous
The 2019 Smith Haut-Lafitte blossoms immediately on the nose of seductive blackberry, black olive and Bing cherries, perhaps a little more floral than when I tasted it from barrel, and there is a nearly Burgundy-like purity. The palate is medium-bodied with a smooth, almost creamy entry. This is very harmonious, elegant and poised, leading to a mineral-driven finish. A gorgeous, seductive Smith Haut Lafitte that will give three or four decades of drinking pleasure.
97 Vinous
The 2019 Smith Haut-Lafitte blossoms immediately on the nose of seductive blackberry, black olive and Bing cherries, perhaps a little more floral than when I tasted it from barrel, and there is a nearly Burgundy-like purity. The palate is medium-bodied with a smooth, almost creamy entry. This is very harmonious, elegant and poised, leading to a mineral-driven finish. A gorgeous, seductive Smith Haut Lafitte that will give three or four decades of drinking pleasure.
96 Robert Parker
The 2019 Smith Haut Lafitte has turned out very well indeed, unwinding in the glass with a complex bouquet of dark berries, cassis, forest floor, pencil shavings, licorice and spices. Full-bodied, broad and velvety, it's layered and elegantly muscular, underpinned by rich structuring tannins and lively acids, and it concludes with a long, expansive finish. This is another estate where the viticultural and stylistic evolutions of the last decade have delivered a beautifully balanced, harmonious 2019.
96 Robert Parker
The 2019 Smith Haut Lafitte has turned out very well indeed, unwinding in the glass with a complex bouquet of dark berries, cassis, forest floor, pencil shavings, licorice and spices. Full-bodied, broad and velvety, it's layered and elegantly muscular, underpinned by rich structuring tannins and lively acids, and it concludes with a long, expansive finish. This is another estate where the viticultural and stylistic evolutions of the last decade have delivered a beautifully balanced, harmonious 2019.
95 Wine Spectator
A broad, rich and caressing wine, with a lovely display of cassis, plum puree and blackberry pâte de fruit notes. There's form thanks to a buried alder note, along with sweet tobacco and iron accents on the finish. A strong showing. Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, Cabernet Franc and Petit Verdot. Best from 2024 through 2036. 10,000 cases made, 2,400 cases imported. — JM
95 Wine Spectator
A broad, rich and caressing wine, with a lovely display of cassis, plum puree and blackberry pâte de fruit notes. There's form thanks to a buried alder note, along with sweet tobacco and iron accents on the finish. A strong showing. Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, Cabernet Franc and Petit Verdot. Best from 2024 through 2036. 10,000 cases made, 2,400 cases imported. — JM
Produttore
Château Smith Haut Lafitte
La tenuta più caratteristica di Graves, Château Smith Haut Lafitte, si trova lungo il più rinomato crinale ghiaioso della denominazione Pessac-Léognan. Dopo anni di proprietà del commerciante di Bordeaux Eschenauer, ex campione olimpico di sci di fondo, Daniel Cathiard e sua moglie Florence acquistarono lo Château nel 1990. Da allora la tenuta Grand Cru Classé ha subito vari miglioramenti, che continuano tuttora. I Cathiard hanno optato per un metodo di viticoltura più biologico e hanno modernizzato le tecnologie di vinificazione. Con 78 ettari vitati, 67 ettari di vigneti sono impiantati con vitigni a bacca rossa e i rimanenti 11 ettari a bacca bianca. Smith Haut Lafitte Rouge rimane al vertice della produzione. È un assemblaggio dallo stile più leggero di Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, Cabernet Franc e Petit Verdot, caratterizzato da grande profondità. Il bianco, Smith Haut Lafitte Blanc, è anch'esso non filtrato e fermentato in botte, ma rimane fedele al nucleo floreale ed erbaceo alla base della produzione di questo terroir unico.