Château Lafite Rothschild 2024, Pauillac
LOW STOCK
IN BOND
Delivery 2027/2028
Appellation - Pauillac
Owner - Rothschild family
96% Cabernet Sauvignon, 3% Merlot and 1% Petit Verdot
Exceptional cases 1994 vintage 99% Cabernet Sauvignon and 1% Petit Verdot and 1961 vintage 100% Cabernet Sauvignon.
Second wine – Carruades de Lafite
Decanting – 2 hours or more
Tasting temperature – 16-18 °C
Ageing in barrel for 18-20 months in new oak barrels
Annual production – 16,000 cases
TASTING NOTES
Rich texture, this stands head and shoulders above many in the vintage, with graphite, crayon, cassis bud rather than exuberant black fruits, this is precise, savoury, delineated, floral, gunsmoke, juicy, captures the effortless elegance that Lafite does so so well, and it totally delivers. Harvest 23 September to 7 October, 32hl/h yield, above the Pauillac average, 16% press wine included in the blend. Director Eric Kohler's 33rd year in Pauillac. I am giving a slightly earlier begin drinking date, but I am certain this will age exceptionally well as Lafite always does. Slightly earlier starting date for drinking than usual, eight years following harvest.
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Jane Anson, JaneAnson.com, April 2025
