Chateau Smith Haut Lafitte, Rouge Cru Classe, Pessac-Leognan 2014
$774.00
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Ready - at best · best from 2026 · will keep to 2045.
Tasting notes
James Suckling · James Suckling · 96
Jane Anson · Decanter · 94
Full extraction but not obvious. High oak and firm tannins but rich coffee and damson fruit. Will age well. Fine tannic structure with glamorous house style, the Mouton of Pessac. The vibrancy and integrity of the fruit organic/ biodyanamic work is very clear.
Drink 2024 - 2040
Jeb Dunnuck · Jeb Dunnuck · 93
Drink 2018 - 2033
Neal Martin · Vinous · 93
The 2014 Smith-Haut-Lafitte has a fragrant mulberry and strawberry scented bouquet with cedar and subtle undergrowth scents emerging with time. There is something almost Musigny-like here written as a complement incidentally—why not be compared to the greatest Burgundy Grand Cru?). The palate is medium-bodied with a soft and mellow opening. Quite spicy in the mouth with leather-tinged fruit on the open and inviting finish, there is something very approachable about this Smith-Haut-Lafitte, though like the 2014 Pape-Clement, it contains the substance to drink well over 10-15 years.
Drink 2020 - 2045
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