Limited

4/5

fruit

5/5

body

3/5

acidity

5/5

tannin

0/5

sweetness

Lafite Rothschild

2015 {(currentVariant.size?' | ':'')} {( currentVariant.size )}

Various vintages

Black fruit / Blackcurrant leaf / Chocolate / Graphite / Rich / Smoky / Violet

Pauillac, Medoc, Bordeaux, France

Red

Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot

Cellar

1st Growth

VN 96+ WA 96+

Very dark colour, with purple glints, indicating that the wine is still very much in its youth. The nose is still quite closed, which is to be expected after only a few months in the bottle. But it already presents good depth and plenty of complexity. Notes of fresh strawberries and tobacco, in which the wood has become perfectly integrated. The attack is simultaneously supple and very powerful. The intensity on the palate rises steadily, gently coming to rest on a plateau that is already very high. Not at all aggressive, it continues with great length, and in perfect harmony.

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meat:
Beef, Game, Sausages

cheese:
Blue cheese, Goat cheese

Reviewer: Antonio Galloni

Rich, powerful and enveloping, the 2015 Lafite-Rothschild is endowed with serious volume and textural resonance. Super-ripe plum, smoke and spice notes emerge in the glass, but only with great reluctance. Although the aromatics aren't giving much at this point, the palate is much more expressive. The wine's sheer power and authoritative tone result in an unusually dramatic Lafite. The 2015 is 91% Cabernet Sauvignon and 9% Merlot that spent 20 months in oak, which is a bit more than the norm.

4/5