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2007 Château Lafite Rothschild, Pauillac, Bordeaux

  • Red
  • Dry
  • Full Bodied
  • Cabernet Sauvignon (84%),Merlot (15%),Cabernet Franc (1%)
Ready - at best
Jancis Robinson MW
17.5/20
18.5/20
Neal Martin MW
94/100
Product: 20078008857
2007 Château Lafite Rothschild, Pauillac, Bordeaux

Description

No wine in Bordeaux is more silky and gorgeously textured than Ch. Lafite. Happily, their 2007 continues the trend. A rich, fine, dark fruit compote nose leads to a wonderfully fresh, refined palate with delicate yet intense cassis, plum and cedar-box flavours caressing the tastebuds on their way to an exquisite finish. Lafite have not tried to produce a blockbuster in 2007 but have worked in perfect harmony with the vintage. Using low yields and allowing only 38% of the crop into the Grand Vin, they have wholeheartedly succeeded in producing a beautifully classic 2007 Lafite.
Colour Red
Sweetness Dry
Vintage 2007
Alcohol % 12.5
Maturity Ready - at best
Grape List Cabernet Sauvignon (84%),Merlot (15%),Cabernet Franc (1%)
Body Full Bodied
Producer Château Lafite Rothschild

Critics reviews

Jancis Robinson MW 17.5/20
38% of the crop went into the grand vin this year, 55% into Les Carruades. Ruby with quite a wide rim. Very light nose with real freshness. Fine, delicate, yet pretty supple. Not the race of Lafite's best vintages - a bit softer and less acidity. Drags down just a little on the end of the palate. Quite a bit of tannin. But I'd like a bit of lift and energy! There's more of that in the Duhart-Milon tasted alongside." jancis_robinson_mw -www.JancisRobinson.com
Jancis Robinson MW, JancisRobinson.com
18.5/20
Superb black-red colour, big, almost velvety depth with violets on the nose, very expressive fruit while also being quite restrained, the opposite of exotic, firm, even slightly old-fashioned in its purity and severity of expression, a very fine vineyard wine for mid to long term
Decanter.com
Neal Martin MW 94/100
Tasted at BI Wine & Spirits' 10-Years-On tasting, the 2007 Lafite-Rothschild has an elegant cigar box bouquet, with dusky black fruit and a touch of antique bureaujust classic Lafite. The palate is medium-bodied with fine tannin, cedar and tobacco infusing the black fruit, classic in style with a conservative yet focused finish that lingers in the mouth. This is certainly the most subtle First Growth, but one of the most refined tooa sophisticated but understated Lafite-Rothschild that will age with discrete style. Tasted February 2017.Neil Martin - 30/06/2017
Neal Martin MW, (Jun 2017)

About this wine

Cabernet Sauvignon

The most famous red wine grape in the world and one of the most widely planted.
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Château Lafite Rothschild

The iconic Château Lafite Rothschild was classified as a first growth in 1855 and has been in the Rothschild family since 1868. Today, Lafite is headed up by Saskia de Rothschild, daughter of long-time steward Baron Eric de Rothschild.
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