2009 Château Lafite Rothschild
FRANCE / BORDEAUX / PAUILLAC
- 97 WA
- 98 WS
- 100 JS
- Variety
Red Bordeaux Blend
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James Suckling | Rating: 100
This is what the Medoc is all about. The freshness and delicacy of this wine in combination with its serious concentration and firm core are totally stunning. Time has already worked its magic and this is already delicious, but has decades in front of it. Drink or hold.Author: James SucklingIssue: Thursday, October 17, 2019Vinous | Rating: 100
The 2009 Lafite-Rothschild is quite high-toned and expressive on the nose, perhaps the most ostentatious of the top flight 2009s with upfront black cherry and boysenberry fruit, lavish new oak and touches of violet. The palate is sleek and satin-like in feel with copious dark cherry and boysenberry fruit, fig and dates, almost honeyed in texture towards the precocious finish that has an opulent bent, almost hedonistic, unusual for this First Growth. But it is kinda irresistible. Tasted blind at Farr Vintners’ 2009 Bordeaux tasting.Drink Dates: 2020 - 2050Author: Neal MartinIssue: Mar 2019Wine Advocate | Rating: 97
The deep garnet colored 2009 Lafite Rothschild bursts from the glass with red and black currant preserves, warm plums, mulberries and kirsch scents plus suggestions of sweaty leather, cigar box and menthol. Medium-bodied, elegant and firmly structured, it has wonderful freshness and a long earthy/meaty finish.Drink Dates: 2019 - 2049Author: Lisa Perrotti-BrownIssue: March 2019 Week 2Wine Spectator | Rating: 98
This is stunning for its ability to take massively endowed fig, currant paste and crushed plum fruit flavors and harness them with ultrasuave freshly roasted espresso, black tea and ganache notes. A seductive style, long and velvety, with the dense core of black fruit and smoldering iron just waiting and waiting. Best from 2020 through 2040. — JMDrink Dates: 2020-2040Author: James MolesworthIssue: Mar 31, 2012