Great producers do well in difficult vintages. An example is the 2003 Chateau Lafite Rothschild. It was a hot year, and the risk was to make overripe wine. Enter this excellent drop.
This wine is velvety on the nose, very inviting. On the palate feminine flavours of loganberry and mulberry engulf the mouth. This wine is super smooth. It is delicate and fragrant. There is a significant vanilla/oak influence, but it does not detract from the fruit where black currants rule on the back palate. The finish is very long and balanced. This is a complete wine.
Score: 98/+++
2 comments:
I’m always impressed, if not a little amazed reading wine reviews where the fruit has been in a bottle in some dark lonely place for decades and the reviewer details such primary flavours and overall applause. Fascinating even !
Must’ve quite the wine experience Thomas?
Regards
Colin
Yes, this was very special.
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