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Smith Haut Lafitte Blanc 2024
Dry Whites
| GBP Price: | Size | Quantities | Units | status | Actions |
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| £643 per Case | 6x75cl | Cases | 24 | New | [Add to shopping basket] |
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The 2024 Smith Haut Lafitte Blanc is a blend of 90% Sauvignon Blanc, 5% Sauvignon Gris and 5% Sémillon, matured in 50% new oak. It needed a bit of aeration in the glass, eventually revealing scents of Anjou pear, gooseberry, white flowers and light flinty aromas. The palate is well balanced with lilting nectarine, pear and stem ginger notes. Fine weight and depth, with a judicious touch of spice towards the finish. The sapidity and linearity of this impressive Smith Haut Lafitte Blanc mean it should repay cellaring. Score: 94 - 96 Neal Martin, Vinous.com Maturity: 2027-2050 Date: 01 May 2025 |
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The 2024 Smith Haut Lafitte Blanc is complex, dynamic and an absolute delight. Everything about the 2024 speaks to class. Brisk acids drive through a core of citrus fruit, almond, mint, chamomile and white pepper. More than anything else, I admire the wine's tension and energy. Clean saline notes extend the dry, bracing finish. Score: 95 - 97 Antonio Galloni, Vinous.com Maturity: 2028-2039 Date: 29 April 2025 |
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Floral and complex, the 2024 Blanc from Smith Haut Lafitte offers up aromas of white peach, apricot, spices and spring blossoms. Medium-bodied, round and layered, it's sappy and seamless with an incisive mid-palate and a long, ethereal and refreshing finish. Matured in 50% new oak, this blend of 90% Sauvignon Blanc, 5% Sémillon and 5% Sauvignon Gris represents a strong effort. Score: 92 - 94 William Kelley, Wine Advocate, RobertParker.com Maturity: 2027 - 2045 Date: 23 April 2025 |
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A gorgeous aromatic blossom of white peaches, peach pit, sage, apple blossom, soft clove and white truffle spices, gentle lift through the palate, a wonderfully fragrant, generous but finessed Smith Haut Lafitte Blanc, with so much depth and length. 50% new oak for ageing, harvest August 29 to September 13, 3.2ph. Energy maintained through the palate, up there with one of the whites of the vintage. Score: 95 Jane Anson, Inside Bordeaux Maturity: 2026-2038 Date: 23 April 2025 |
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