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1982 Lafite Rothschild

More from Lafite RothschildPauillacFranceAverage score 96/100
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Score 97/100 · Jeff Leve, The Wine Cellar Insider, Apr 2024

The best examples of this are simply great. Elegant, floral, refined, and packed with sweet, spicy, red fruits. cigar wrappers, currants, and cherries. There is length, energy, lift, freshness, and complexity.

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Critic scores
96
96/100

Average Score

94
94/100

Wine Spectator

97
97/100

Robert Parker

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94 points
Wine Spectator
Score 94/100 · Wine Spectator, Jun 2001

Dark ruby red. Mineral, berry and mint. Full-bodied, with silky tannins and a long finish. A silky, seductive wine. -Bordeaux retrospective. Drink now.

94 points
Wine Spectator
Score 94/100 · Wine Spectator

Dark ruby red. Mineral, berry and mint. Full-bodied, with silky tannins and a long finish. A silky, seductive wine.--Bordeaux retrospective. Drink now. James Suckling, Wine Spectator 2001

97 points
Robert Parker
Score 97/100 · Robert Parker

This is a denser version of the 1990 that stylistically reminds me of what the young 1959 probably tasted like. Still backward with a deep ruby/plum color revealing only a touch of lightening at the edge, the wine offers up an extraordinary nose of caramelized herbs, smoke, cedar, pen ink, black currants, and earth. The gorgeous aromatics are followed by a full-bodied, plump, rich, fleshy wine with low acidity. With 6-8 hours decanting in a closed decanter, it will offer beautiful drinking, but it needs another 5-8 years to reach full maturity. It is capable of lasting 50-60 years. This classic Lafite is not as fat and concentrated as the 1982 Latour, nor as complex or concentrated as the 1982 Mouton Rothschild, but it is a winner all the same. Release price: ($350.00/case) Jun 2009, www.robertparker.com

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Lafite Rothschild

Ch. Lafite Rothschild is one of the most famous wine estates in Bordeaux and the world. One of the Left Bank’s five First Growths, the Pauillac property is renowned for producing wines of finesse and elegance that age beautifully.

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Pauillac
Left Bank
Bordeaux
France
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Lafite Rothschild

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Wine

Product Type

Still wine

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