Lafite Rothschild 2001 (375ml)

Type: Red Wine      Volume: 375ml

Winery: Lafite

Country: France     Region: Bordeaux

District: Pauillac

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Classification: First Growth. Premier Cru Classe in 1855     Production: 22000 cases

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Ratings and Tasting Notes:

(AG=97) The 2001 Lafite-Rothschild is a damn impressive follow-up to the 2000. It has a healthy garnet core, showing little sign of maturity. The bouquet offers blackberry, melted tar, cedar, and a pinch of dried herbs that might not deliver the clarity of the finest Lafites, yet just seems to meliorate with aeration, offering complementary scents of iris with time. The palate is medium-bodied, with supple tannins, and a mélange of red and black fruit. I notice a touch of glycerin towards the second half, almost candied towards the precise finish of wild strawberry, graphite, and a hint of black truffle. I admire the cohesiveness and crescendo of the 2001 Lafite-Rothschild. It should give drinkers 20 or 30 years of drinking pleasure. Tasted at the Lafite-Rothschild 150th anniversary dinner at the estate.

(RP=96) Tasted at "The Sampler's" icon tasting in London. The 2001 Lafite Rothschild has a quintessential bouquet for Lafite: very pure, almost understated at first. It then begins to open with briary, blackberry leaf, cedar, and freshly rolled tobacco with subtle floral notes emerging after three or four minutes in the glass. The palate is medium-bodied with fine tannins and it certainly shows more vitality than the 1985 served alongside. Slightly grainy tannins, more feminine than previous bottles with dark plum, blackberry, citrus fruit, a touch of dried apricot, and a very precise finish. Superb. Tasted December 2011.

(WS=96) Stick your nose in this and it says something - "I am special." Deep and generous aromas of blackberries, fresh tobacco, and minerals. It's full-bodied, with big velvety tannins and a superlong finish. Like a fine cashmere sweater. Best after 2010. 22,000 cases made