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Château Lafite Rothschild Pauillac(2000)

Dark ruby color, ripe black currants, violets and vanilla, spicy, oaky scents. The wine has great finesse and a particular softness imparted by the Merlot. It tends to be firm yet delicate and supple, great elegance develops with age.
The vineyard was at one time owned by Alexander de Segur, proprietor of Châteaux Latour and Calon Segur. Lafite became public property in 1794, after the owner (the President of the Parliament of Guyenne) had been guillotined in the Revolution. After changing hands a few more times, the Rothschild family acquired the property when it was put up for auction read more...
Stephen Tanzer
International Wine Cellar
Issue 108, May/June 2003
96/100
July 2007
($350-$475) Full medium ruby. Flamboyantly perfumed aromas of cassis, graphite and tobacco, lifted by a floral nuance and stony minerality. Very young and precise but not austere or forbidding. A remarkably rich, silky, seamless Lafite with superb vibrancy for the vintage. Tannins are noble and the aristocratic finishing flavors go on and on. I tasted this from a 375 ml. bottle, but from all reports this wine is equally approachable right now from a standard bottle. Has more sheer density than the beautiful 2001 and may well soon shut down in the bottle.
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Robert Parker
The Wine Advocate
Issue 146
96/100
July 2007
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James Suckling
Wine Spectator
96/100
July 2007
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Wine.com
June 2007
Leader among leaders, one of the greatest wines in the world. Once more, a relatively early growing season with above average temperatures and normal rainfall. Precipitation at the end of May and early June made the vines subject to mildew, but our technicians were diligent in protecting the grapevines. The end of summer was beautiful, and the grapes progressed slowly and surely into maturity. The first grapes weren't harvested until 21 September. Through 10 October, everything took place in fine spirits and under sunny skies. It was only during the first tastings, during running off, read more...
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crissan
January 2008

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