2019 Carruades de Lafite Rothschild
96 JS / 95 DE / 93 WI / 93 JA / 93 VM
$329.00/750ml (In Stock This Week - Limited)
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This is a beautiful Carraudes with currant, sweet-tobacco and wet-earth aromas and flavors. Medium-bodied with a dense center-palate and tight, polished tannins. Fresh, with tension. Reminds me of the 1995 Lafite. This is so Lafite in character. It shows so much cabernet sauvignon character. It’s 68% cabernet sauvignon, 27% merlot and the rest cabernet franc. Try after 2026. - James Suckling
Ripe nose, so fresh and alive with beautiful cherry perfumed aromas too. This has a lovely, almost sweet, aspect to the fruit on the palate with high acidity making you salivate. High toned blackcurrants and red cherries are supported by soft tannins and gentle licks of liquorice and coffee. A wine you just want to drink now as it's so appealing with freshness and lift but it has the sides of spice that give it structure and make you realise it's still powerful and will age so well. The finish is cool and lifted. Poise and persistence - a tantalising Carruades. - GH, Decanter
Composed of 68% Cabernet Sauvignon, 27% Merlot, and 5% Cabernet Franc, the 2019 Carruades de Lafite contains a very low proportion of Merlot this year. Deep purple-black in color, it prances out of the glass with showy notes of freshly crushed blackcurrants, juicy blackberries, and Morello cherries, plus suggestions of crushed rocks, mossy tree bark, and pencil lead with a waft of lavender. Medium-bodied, it is elegant and refined with approachable, well-managed tannins and soft acidity, finishing long and earthy. - Lisa Perrotti-Brown, Wine Independent
One of the more concentrated Carruades, with the highest percentage of Cabernet Sauvignon to date, packed with powerful dark plum and blackcurrant fruits, pencil lead and slate. Knitted down, sculpted tannins, there is austerity even rigidity to the structure, but it has laid on weight and depth over ageing. This is a Carruades with a sense of occasion and will need time in bottle. 38hl/h yield, 28% new oak. - Jane Anson, Inside Bordeaux
