1996 Château Lafite Rothschild, Pauillac, Bordeaux

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1996 Château Lafite Rothschild, Pauillac, BordeauxThe 1996 Lafite Rothschild is the strongest wine from the First Growth in that decade. This bottle, served blind and ex chteau in Bordeaux, is so precociously backward that I estimate it to be half its age. Blackberry, cedar and graphite are here as usual, though this bottle has even more intensity than the one served at the estate in 2018. The palate is brilliantly balanced with fine tannins and very intense graphite infused fruit; there's just a

This was distilled on the ancient Port Mourant still – the world’s only operating

rich and still quite vibrant medium-bodied flavors possess excellent intensity and volume before terminating in a satisfying and solidly persistent finish

For the 2004 vintage

A contemplative

Give this a few years in the cellar to fill out

then a carpet of gentle well-integrated American Oak wood vanilla and honey

An expressive nose reveals aromas of white peach

Very long and fine plus

resulting in a bright

with about 5% still red Pinot

golden honey

one of high quality

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