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International Wine Cellar
Author: Stephen Tanzer
Issue: Issue 132
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($39-$50) Deep red. Roasted red fruits, smoked meat, tobacco and a note of truffle on the expressive nose. Sweet and rather primary, with classic Pessac-Leognan flavors of iron, woodsmoke, hot stones and tobacco. Broad and smooth for the year, if not quite as dense as the young 2006. Finishes with lovely ripe tannins and lingering sweetness. This will offer early pleasure.
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Jancis Robinson
Author: Jancis Robinson
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Dark and glossy. Correct and quite intense. Soft and smooth - much softer tannins than most 2004s. Beautifully managed! Bravo! You could drink this young but it will probably last well too.
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Wine Advocate
Author: Robert Parker
Issue: 171
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A sensational effort and one of the stars of the vintage, Smith-Haut-Lafitte's 2004 possesses an inky/blue/purple-tinged color as well as a sumptuous nose of lead pencil shavings, spring flowers, blueberries, and blackberries. Surprisingly full-bodied for the vintage with stunning concentration, purity, and overall harmony, this is another brilliant wine from the proprietors, the Cathiards, who have done such a spectacular job at this estate since the early 1990s.
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Wine Spectator
Author: James Laube
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Lots of blackberry, spice and tobacco on the nose, with hints of cigar box. Full-bodied, with soft, round tannins and a dark chocolate and fruit aftertaste. Balanced and caressing.
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