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Tasting notes

Tasting notes
Score 18/20 · FINE+RARE

91% Cabernet Sauvignon, 8.5% Merlot, 0.5% Petit Verdot. Very savoury on the nose with firm pencil-lead minerality to the fore. Austere and mineral on the palate with lots of tannin. A fine, linear Lafite which will need time to open out. FINE+RARE

Critic scores

Critic scores
93
93/100

Average Score

94
93-94/100

James Suckling

18
18/20

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More reviews and scores

17.5 points
Jancis Robinson MW
Score 17.5/20 · Jancis Robinson MW, Mar 2022

Healthy, glowing crimson. Neat and contained without any flashiness. Classic top claret. But not the sort of wine that would knock the socks off a neophyte. (JR)

95 points
Jane Anson, Inside Bordeaux
Score 95/100 · Jane Anson, Inside Bordeaux, Mar 2022

Savoury bilberry, cassis and liquorice, with softer edges of tobacco and brushed leather. This is a take-your-time, unfurl-slowly kind of a wine, with slate tannins and sappy sage herbs giving a drawn-out finish. Ripe without being exuberant, showcasing graceful, sinewy muscles that feel like a signature Lafite, if lighter in style than the greatest vintages. 38% of overall production, 100% new oak. Charles Chevallier technical director, Eric Boissenot consultant.

18 points
Jancis Robinson MW
Score 18/20 · Jancis Robinson MW, Feb 2022

Tasted blind. Lustrous crimson. Ageing nose. But very luscious sweetness on the palate. Bounces out of the glass. Clean, dry finish. Really quite opulent overall, counterbalanced by more freshness than some of its peers. Saline note on the end. (JR)

About the producer

Château Lafite Rothschild 1:1
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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