Chateau Lafite Rothschild 3L
Bordeaux Blend
| Vintage: | 2005 |
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| Winery: | Chateau Lafite |
| Description: | Robert Parker (rp): 96. Having tasted the 2005 Chteau Lafite-Rothschild several times both blind and non-blind, it comes across as a First Growth politely requesting more time to "settle". Here, from an ex-chteau bottle tasted in Bordeaux, it delivers that graphite, pencil-box bouquet that unfurls gradually in the glass, biding its time, graceful but not intense. Parallel to some of its fellow 2005s, it is developing a little more spice, namely thyme and sage, than I recall. The palate is medium-bodied and beautifully balanced, to wit, a sophisticated Pauillac that priorities elegance and poise over intensity of fruitin keeping with Lafite Rothschilds style. You come away with the sense that it will take its time and decline, giving away a great deal in its primacy, even if it is still more approachable than the 2005 Latour for example. Therefore, I would be inclined to set this aside for several more years. Tasted November 2014. |
| Price: | $ 4755.00 |
| Price in original currency: | None |
Previously available from EC Cellars
| Address: |
244 Fifth Avenue Suite K229 New York, NY 10001 United States |
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| Telephone (regular): | 805-988-4322 |
| Fax: | 805-988-9322 |
First added to 1000 Corks on August 31, 2019.
This product was inactivated April 5, 2023.
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