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Chateau Lafite Rothschild Pauillac 2005

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$3000.00Original List Price

847.41Best Price On The Web
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Code: 8551

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Since April 26, 2024 12:00PM

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Rating:	100 Pts James Suckling - Jamessuckling.com	Size:	750ML
Region:	Bordeaux	Country:	France
Varietals:	Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot	ABV:	14%

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More Ratings:

100 Pts James Suckling - Jamessuckling.com	"An incredible nose, so subtle with red fruits, mint, minerals, and all sorts of flowers give way to Cohiba cigar tobacco. The palate has such freshness and density, with perfectly polished tannins. Slightly leathery, like a wonderful Hermes bag. What a wine, please leave this for another ten years. Pull the cork in 2020. 10% Merlot. Find the wine."

98 Pts Wine Spectator	"Delivers blackberry, dried porcini, tobacco and licorice aromas. Full-bodied, with layers of velvety tannins and loads of dark chocolate, cigar box, currant, berry and mineral. The finish is long, with a coffee, almost meaty, aftertaste. Very beautiful and balanced. Best after 2013."
95+ Pts Robert Parker - Robert Parker's Wine Advocate	"Beautiful, elegant red, blue and black fruits (89% Cabernet Sauvignon and 11% Merlot) as well as some graphite and spice notes jump from the glass of the 2005 Lafite Rothschild. Medium-bodied, with superb purity and texture, this is not a blockbuster by any means, but a meticulously made, lovely-textured Pauillac. Long and pure, this wine should drink well for 25-30 years. There is no danger in pulling the cork on it today."

Description:

The Vineyard
"The vineyard consists of three main areas: the hillsides around the ChÃ¢teau, the adjacent Carruades plateau to the west, and 4.5 hectares in neighbouring Saint Estephe. The vineyard covers 112 hectares and is well-drained and well-exposed, with soil made up of fine deep gravel, mixed with aeolian sand on a subsoil of tertiary limestone. It is well-drained and well-exposed to the sun.

The grape varieties are Cabernet Sauvignon (70%), Merlot (25%), Cabernet Franc (3%) and Petit Verdot (2%).

The average age of the grapevines is 39 years old. But it should be noted that vines younger than 10 years old are not used in the Grand Vin. This means that the average age of the vines used in the Grand Vin (Chateau Lafite Rothschild) is closer to 45 years. The oldest plot, called âLa Graviere", was planted in 1886.

The property has been managed since 1962 by a single team that, due to the proximity of the two properties, oversees both Chateau Lafite Rothschild and Chateau Duhart-Milon. Charles Chevallier, Technical Director of the Bordeaux Chateaus, is assisted by oenologist and winemaker Christophe Conge, and vineyard manager Regis Porfilet.

Both chateaux use exactly the same traditional techniques, based on strict control of yields, manual harvests, and numerous tasks that are carried out by hand all through the year. Little or no chemical fertilizers are used, and careful use of organic fertilizers allow the vines to reach an advanced age, they are generally pulled out (with a heavy heart) when they reach 80 years old. - Winery

The Wine
"Lafite has a soul, a beautiful, generous, kindly soul. Lafite turns bare earth into heaven. Lafite is harmony, a harmony between man and nature, because without our magnificent winegrowers, nothing would be accomplished.â Baron Eric de Rothschild

"In 1815, Guillaume Lawton said of ChÃ¢teau Lafite, âI consider it to be the the most elegant and delicate, with the finest substance of the three (Premier Crus). The location of its vines is one of the finest in the MÃ©docâ. In 1855 the ChÃ¢teau was ranked as a Premier Grand Cru in the famous classification that was prepared for the Universal Exhibition of that year." - Winery