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Lafite 1999
Pauillac, First Growth
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- GBP Price: £6500.00 per Case
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- Size: Bottle (75cl)
- Quantities:0 Case - 8 Bottles
- Units: 8
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| Wine Advocate | Wine Spectator | Burghound | Jancis Robinson.com | International Wine Cellar |
| 95 | 94 | - | 18 | 92 |
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The 1999 Lafite Rothschild sports an engraved "1999" on the bottle along with an eclipse to mark that significant historical event of August, 1999. It is a quintessential offering from Lafite Rothschild. This prodigious wine is both elegant and intensely flavored, and almost diaphanous in its layers that unfold with no heaviness. An opaque ruby/purple color is accompanied by a complex bouquet of lead pencil, graphite, cedar, creme de cassis, toast, and vanilla. It is medium-bodied, with extravagant layers of richness yet little weight, and a finish that is all sweetness, ripeness, and harmony. This extraordinary Lafite increasingly appears to be a modern day clone of the majestic 1953. A mere one-third of the crop made it into the grand vin! Score: 95 Robert Parker, Wine Advocate Maturity: 2007-2030 |
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Delivers wonderful dark chocolate, with raspberry and currant undertones. Full-bodied, featuring soft, silky tannins and a long finish. Very tight still. Needs time. Very layered and holding back.—'89/'99 Bordeaux blind retrospective (2009). Best after 2012. 22,500 cases made. Score: 94 James Suckling, Wine Spectator Maturity: 2012+ |
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Transparent and lively. Fresh, appetising and already swallowable. So direct and frank! This is not one of Lafite's finest, most intense productions but it's well balanced and racy. Score: 18 Jancis Robinson MW, Jancisrobinson.com Maturity: 2010-2025 |
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Bright, deep ruby-red. Ripe, deep aromas of currant, flowers, coconut and mint. Firm and tight, with excellent cut and precision; brisk flavors of bitter cherry, berry skin and minerals. A slightly dry-edged midweight that's best today on the long, slow-building finish. Shows an intriguing late note of faded rose. Score: 92 Stephen Tanzer, International Wine Cellar |
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