Red Wine / France / Bordeaux / Pessac-Léognan AOC / 14 % vol

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CHATEAU SMITH HAUT LAFITTE 2016

0,75 L Red Wine / France / Bordeaux / Pessac-Léognan AOC / 14 % vol

18.4/20

evaluated by 5 clients

Silky tannins Dominant Cabernet-Sauvignon Nice texture

17.0/20

Verified taster: Sylvain C. 03/08/2021 Verified purchase

A very nice balance. Drunk in February 2021 for a beautiful event without accompaniments. It deserves more patience to age a few more years even if it already exudes something special. I would definitely order again.more reviews

'[This] Smith Haut-Lafitte is another great success' - Robert Parker -

The couple was able to employ facilities and a winegrowing philosophy inspired by biodynamics, allowing them to create increasingly balanced but no less powerful wines. Today, Smith Haut Lafitte has become an unmissable benchmark for Pessac-Léognan. This Château Smith Haut Lafitte sports a lovely, deep-red colour with glints of dark purple. The complex nose reveals very fresh notes of ripe red fruits (raspberry, cherry), liquorice and spices. On the palate, the wine is balanced, with good concentration. It displays lovely substance and maturity, with a delicate but firm tannic structure. A Pessac-Léognan with solid potential!
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CHATEAU SMITH HAUT LAFITTE 2016

Wine type

Fine wine

Vintage

2016

Grape Variety

65% Cabernet-sauvignon, 30% Merlot, 4% Cabernet-franc, 1% Petit-verdot

Character

Tannic and racy red wine

Style

Woody

Sight

Dark and bright red

Smell

Ripe red fruits, spicy notes

Taste

Nice texture, silky tannins

Service Temperature

16-18°C

Service

Decant into carafe

Storage instructions

To drink or to store in cellar

To drink from

2018

To drink until

2045

Food and wine matching

Red meat, Poultry, Game meat, Cheese

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18.4/20

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17.0/20

Verified taster: Sylvain C. 03/08/2021 Verified purchase

19.0/20

Verified taster: Florian C. 03/21/2021 Verified purchase

Excellent wine. We are close to perfection. Gorgeous colour. I didn't find it too tannic although it was very racy. Tasted with a Limousin prime rib.

CHÂTEAU SMITH HAUT-LAFITTE

After careers as skiers, the Cathiard family bought the Smith Haut Lafitte estate in 1990, a real jewel whose name has been one of the most emblematic of Bordeaux wines for several centuries. Driven by the desire to produce one of the best wines in the world and aware of the richness of their Pessac-Léognan terroir, the owners combine ancestral methods (manual harvesting, compost making, ploughing on horseback, total elimination of herbicides) and new technologies. On these same lands, their daughter Mathilde and her husband Bertrand created the first Vinothérapie® spa and the cosmetics brand Caudalie®.