Château Lafite Rothschild Pauillac 2010
Château Lafite Rothschild Pauillac 2010
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   BN#431036
Category: Red Wine
Varietal:Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, Petit Verdot
Region: France » Bordeaux » Pauillac
Producer: Château Lafite Rothschild
Alcohol: 13.5%
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2010 Bordeaux Futures

Price:$1,550.00

SKU36857

All the Château Lafite wines have an almond and violet aroma.

Wine Advocate

This exceptionally rich, thick Lafite came in with the highest level of natural alcohol (13.5%) ever achieved at Lafite Rothschild. To put that in its proper context, the 2009 and 2005 were 13.3% and in the hottest Bordeaux summer ever recorded in over 200 years, the 2003 achieved 12.8%. A blend of 84% Cabernet Sauvignon and 16% Merlot, all harvested between October 9 and 14, the 2010 exhibits an extraordinarily dense color, an unctuous texture and sweet black currant fruit intermixed with graphite, charcoal and truffle notes. A director Charles Chevalier told me, between July and the October harvest, Bordeaux had its driest weather since 1949, but it never got excessively hot. Hence the tiny berries, freshness and extraordinary precision of Lafite Rothschild. This superb effort will undoubtedly shut down slightly once it is bottled despite a pH of 3.8. It needs no building up because much of Lafite Rothschild has now become an obsession with the wealthy Chinese and most of it will undoubtedly be consumed before it ever hits its prime. Ideally, it should be cellared for 10-15 years and drunk over the following 50+ years.

Score: 98-100. —Robert Parker, May 2011.

Wine Enthusiast

An enormous structure, the wine is filled with tannins as well as dark berry fruit. It is so powerful, so concentrated, yet a great finesse brings together all the elements into a superb wine.

Score: 97-99. —Roger Voss, June 25, 2011.

Wine Spectator

This is all guile and elegance now, with sleek, perfumy black tea, currant and crushed fig fruit, laced with subtle smoke, incense and tar. Just as you think it starts to fade, the acidity kicks in on the finish and brings everything back for an encore. Tasted non-blind.

Score: 96-99. —James Molesworth, 2011.

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