Château Lafite-Rothschild 1979

330.00 €

Minimum call
This lot was part of our auction «1. Auction» on 16.01.2021.
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Château Lafite-Rothschild, Ch. Lafite Rothschild, 1979

1 x 0.750L
Bordeaux
dirty
perfect
top shoulder
none
87 / 100 Robert Parker
I overrated this wine when it was young, and have not been as pleased with its evolution in the bottle. The wine has retained a cool climate high acidity, giving it a more compressed personality than I had envisioned. The color remains a dark ruby/garnet, but the nose has taken on a more vegetal, earthy note to go along with the new oak and sweet red and black currant personality. The wine's crisp acidity keeps its tannic edge aggressive. There is already some amber at the edge of the wine's color.
Bordeaux Book, 3rd Edition Jan 1998
92 / 100 Wine Spectator
Fruity, deep and firm, filled with plum and cherry, backed by youthful, stiff tannins. Needs time for complexity to develop. Try in 1995.--Lafite Rothschild vertical.
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