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Le Petit Smith Haut Lafitte Rouge 2022 (750ML)

$33.39
SKU:
LEPEHAUTC2B
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Vintage:
2022
Format:
750ML
Region:
Left Bank
Appellation:
Pessac-Leognan
Stock Status:
FUTURE

Critic Scores, Reviews & Descriptions

94 DE / 92-94 JD / 93 JA / 92-93 JS / 91-93 VM / 90-92 WA / 90-92 WI

Beautiful nose, blackcurrant, vanilla, caramel, chocolate, tobacco, cherries, crushed stones, blue fruit and bramble fruits. Sleek and straight, nice acidity, but this is quite linear with the Cabernet really giving the backbone, length and overall structure. Feels a bit tense, but it does have texture too so it’s not austere or harsh, just strong. Really well built, delivering power no doubt, but keeping a soft juiciness underneath. Very medicinal - clove, liquorice, unmistakable Cabernet speaking here, but feels clean and well worked. Nothing sticking out too much with body, plushness and cool freshness. Good potential, really impressively constructed. 3.7p. Ageing 30% new oak. - Georgina Hindle, Decanter

A more straight, focused, structured wine, the 2022 Le Petit Smith Haut Lafitte is 60% Cabernet Sauvignon and 40% Merlot brought up in a mix of new and used oak. It's a powerful, medium to full-bodied, structured Graves offering classic darker, almost blue fruits, some violet, floral, and graphite nuances, fine yet certainly present tannins, and a great finish. It's another clearly outstanding wine from this team. - Jeb Dunnuck

Cabernet dominant in its character, with intensity and black pepper spice, edges of eucalyptus and mint, showing tannic grip and power than makes it a real entry into the1st wine, and very different in character from Les Hauts de Smith in the vintage. Fabien Teitgen technical director. Any water used for irrigation of young vines is from their own water recycling system. - Jane Anson, Inside Bordeaux

Medium-bodied with lovely berry, cherry and hazelnut character. Chocolaty. Juicy. Friendly and bright rounded tannins. 60% cabernet sauvignon and 40% merlot. - James Suckling

The 2022 Le Petit Smith Haut Lafitte has a more backward nose than the Les Hauts. With coaxing, blackberry, loam and light flinty/smoky aromas unfurl from the glass. The palate is medium-bodied with edgy tannins lending freshness and tension, quite saline toward its airy Cabernet-driven finish. - Neal Martin, Vinous Media

A blend of 60% Cabernet Sauvignon and 40% Merlot, the 2022 Le Petit Haut Lafitte possesses a delicate yet perfumed bouquet of cassis, plum, blueberry, dark berries and hints of flowers (violet and lilac). It’s medium-bodied, fleshy, lively and charming, with an elegant yet fresh finish, - Yohan Castaing, Wine Advocate

A blend of 60% Cabernet Sauvignon and 40% Merlot aging in 30% new oak, the 2022 Le Petit Smith Haut Lafitte Rouge is deep garnet-purple in color. It gallops out with powerful notes of plum preserves, creme de cassis, and licorice, followed by suggestions of chargrill, cardamom, and iron ore. The medium to full-bodied palate delivers a solid structure of firm, grainy tannins and plenty of freshness to support the muscular fruit, finishing long with a mineral lift. - Lisa Perrotti-Brown, Wine Independent

 

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