1997 CARRUADES DE LAFITE 1997

Pauillac

Bordeaux - Second wine

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SoDivin rating

85-89 / 100

Good

1997 CARRUADES DE LAFITE 1997

Pauillac

Bordeaux - Second wine

Condition Good

Stock : 1 bottle

310,00 € tax incl. 258,33 € tax excl.

Avis d'expert

88 / 100

Franck Dubourdieu

(09-2007)

88 / 100

Robert PARKER - The Wine Advocate

87-(04-1998)
The 1997 Carruades de Lafite (a blend of 32% Merlot, with the rest mainly Cabernet Sauvignon and a small portion of Cabernet Franc) maintains its reputation as one of Bordeaux's better second wines. The color is dark ruby with purple nuances. The wine is soft, fleshy, and round, with more up-front fat than Lafite, but not nearly the length or perfume. Supple, with low acidity, and an easy-going, silky finish, it will drink well between now and 2006.

Lafite's harvest occurred between September 8 (beginning with the Merlot) and October 2. For some Cabernet Sauvignon parcels, there were an exceptional 135 days (the norm being 105-110 days) between the flowering and harvest. This estate, which made a profoundly great 1996, utilized only 28% of its harvest for the 1997 grand vin. Moreover, the selection for the second wine, Carruades, was also severe.

87 / 100

Jean-Marc Quarin

(03-1999) Dark red. Good intensity. Net. Medium intensity. Fruity like strawberry jam. Medium intensity. Fruit associated with wood. Touch a little green. Full of charm, with a runny character, the fruit is permanent and the wine goes through the mouth with great ease, offering flavors of ink on the finish and above all no drying out. Medium persistence. It's good without being complex and it swallows itself.

Features Château informations

Features

Vintage	1997
Rating	85-89
Classification	Bordeaux - Second wine
Region	Bordeaux
Appellation	Pauillac
Colour	Red
Volume	0.75 l
Price	More than 300 €
Château	Lafite (Carruades de)
Country	France

Château informations

Lafite (Carruades de)

This second wine of Lafite us reveals a great potential. With its beautiful spicy, tobacco, cedar and blackberries, this wine offers a full-bodied and generous, where the roundness of tannins mélent a lively and surprising freshness of the mouth in general. There remains a continuing fresh ripe plum of a good length. . Carruades de Lafite: Subtle and fruity ... The name of the second wine of Chateau Lafite Rothschild of the "plateau Carruades, where stood a group of plots, which was bought by the castle in the nineteenth century, and which adjoined the rump Castle. The "Carruades de Lafite" were once called "Moulin des Carruades", then take the name, Carruades de Lafite. .