Smith-Haut-Lafitte : 8 results priced between £10.00 and £900.00

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With a pH of 3.62, the Grand Vin is a blend of 64% Cabernet Sauvignon, 30% Merlot, 5% Cabernet Franc and 1% Petit Verdot, the bouquet is very intense and focused, stricter than the 2009 last year with blackberry, a touch of cassis and a hint of boysenberry. Fine delineation, the mineralite beginning to emerge after one minute in the glass. One is immediately struck by the almost citrus-like freshness on the entry, tight at first but then fanning out beautifully across the mouth towards the wonderfully...

Description and Reviews: he 1973 Smith Haut Lafitte is a top quality red wine. The wine itself is like caramel in the glass, the big rich spicy oak flavours dominates the taste. The wine is deep and startlingly oaky for a Graves. A wonderful wine. Ready to drink now.

The Wine Advocate: "The finest wine ever made by proprietors Daniel and Florence Cathiard, the 2009 Smith-Haut-Lafitte exhibits an opaque blue/purple color in addition to a glorious nose of acacia flowers, licorice, charcoal, blueberries, black raspberries, lead pencil shavings and incense. This massive, extraordinarily rich, unctuously textured wine may be the most concentrated effort produced to date, although the 2000, 2005 and 2010 are nearly as prodigious. A gorgeous expression of Pessac-Leognan...

A competent effort in a so-so vintage for dry whites from Pessac-Leognan, Smith Haut Lafitte's 2000 exhibits notions of lemon zest, grapefruit, and minerals in its medium-bodied, earthy personality. Drink it over the next 5-8 years.

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