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Chateau Lafite Rothschild Premier Cru Classe, Pauillac 1995
Premier Cru Classe
Château Lafite Rothschild
95Robert Parker
93+Stephen Tanzer
$12,180.00
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Bonded provenance
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Drinking window
2007 · opens
2017–2030 · peak
2046
now
+20 yrs
Ready - at best · best from 2017 · will keep to 2046.
Tasting notes
Robert Parker · Wine Advocate · 95
The 1995 Lafite-Rothschild (only one-third of the harvest made it into the final blend) is a blend of 75% Cabernet Sauvignon, 17% Merlot, and 8% Cabernet Franc. The wine was showing spectacularly well when I tasted it in November, 1997. It exhibits a dark ruby purple color, and a sweet, powdered mineral, smoky, weedy cassis-scented nose. Beautiful sweetness of fruit is present in this medium-bodied, tightly-knit, but gloriously pure, well-delineated Lafite. The 1995 is not as powerful or as massive as the 1996, but it is beautifully made with outstanding credentials, in addition to remarkable promise.
Stephen Tanzer · Vinous · 93+
Dark ruby-red. Sappy, expressive aromas of cherry, plum, minerals, woodsmoke and game, plus an exotic suggestion of baked apple. Rather subtle on the attack, then quickly expands to fill the mouth. A big, deep, very rich vintage for Lafite, unusually generous at this early stage and extremely long on the aftertaste. But went into a shell with aeration, and showed a hint of tobacco leaf vegetility. Finishing notes of coconut, woodsmoke and tobacco add flavor interest.
Catalog details
AppellationPremier Cru Classe
RegionBordeaux
Vintage1995
ColorRed
Top Score95 · Robert Parker
Format750 ml
SourceMerchant
StorageBonded warehouse