CARRUADES DE LAFITE 2010
CARRUADES DE LAFITE 2010
CARRUADES DE LAFITE 2010
CARRUADES DE LAFITE 2010
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2010

CARRUADES DE LAFITE 2010

A start to the viticultural year similar to that of 2009, but with a slightly later budburst, around mid-April. This month was dry and sunny, particularly favorable for the development of the vine. Then, a wave of freshness at the beginning of June complicated the flowering of the Merlots, causing coulure and millerandage. Fortunately, July was very dry with relatively high temperatures, making it possible to make up for the delay in flowering.
August and September, very dry with good daytime temperatures and cool nights, completed the slow and complete ripening of the grapes.
The second wine of Château Lafite Rothschild, the "Carruades de Lafite" 2010, reveals a floral nose, followed by notes of ripe fruit, blackcurrant, cedar and spices. Dense, rich with very fine and melted tannins. With a very good length, this wine is balanced and elegant. It is made from 50% Cabernet Sauvignon, 42.5% Merlot, 5% Cabernet Franc and 2.5% Petit Verdot.

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94 / 100
Falstaff March - 2013
Falstaff
Deep dark ruby garnet, opaque core, violet reflections. Inviting dark berry fruit on the nose, hints of blueberries and plums, fine noble wood notes, multi-faceted bouquet. Substantial, fine extract sweetness, highly elegant texture, fine tannins, remains very well adherent, mineral reverberation, salty and fresh in the back taste, good development potential.
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Vinum Wine Magazine March - 2013
Vinum Wine Magazine
Of a special breed, juicy and fresh, dense, perfectly balanced.
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94 / 100
Jeannie Cho Lee April - 2011
Jeannie Cho Lee
The deep ruby purple 2010 Carruades de Lafite offers aromas of violets, plums, blackberries, with a hint of cedar, supported by nice mid-palate fruit flavours balanced by velvety tannins and a fairly long finish. This Carruades is made in a full-bodied, rich, very tannic style with such density and depth that it seems more like a grand vin than a second wine. The selection was done after the malolactic from about 50 parcels, and the result is a gorgeous wine that stands on its own.
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Wine Spectator March - 2013
Wine Spectator
Solid, with bright cassis, fig and blackberry fruit studded with tobacco leaf, anise and violet. The long finish has a tarry thread, but stays polished and refined overall, with a whiff of sandalwood lingering gently.
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92 / 100
Tom Cannavan January - 2011
Tom Cannavan
Beautifully refined, lightly cedary nose with a cherry ripeness to the fruit and solid underpinning black fruit. The plate has a depth and richness immediately, The tannins are dry and full as would be expected, but a nice clarity to the fruit and good length.
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Region Bordeaux
Appellation Pauillac
Colour Red
Volume 0.75 l
Country France
Château Lafite Rothschild
Château Lafite Rothschild

Château Lafite Rothschild, 1st growth in 1855, is one of Bordeaux's most famous chateaux. It shares with the greatest the top of the official classification of 1855. Located on the Pauillac appellation, the vineyard of 103 ha is divided into three parcels: the hills surrounding the Château, the Carruades plateau to the west and a parcel of 4.5 ha in the neighboring town of Saint-Estèphe. Most of the terroir is composed of fine and deep gravel mixed with Aeolian sand on a tertiary limestone bedrock. The grape varieties are 71% Cabernet Sauvignon, 25% Merlot, 3% Cabernet Franc and 1% Petit Verdot. The average age of the vineyards of the great wine is 40 years, the 20 ha of young vines (less than 10 years) being used for the development of the second wine. There are also extremely old plots of over 80 years, one called "La Gravière" dating back to 1886. The maturation of the wine is carried out for 18 to 20 months in 100% new oak barrels. Lafite Rothschild produces about 15,000 to 20,000 cases per year. The estate also produces a second wine, the Carruades de Lafite, for around 25,000 to 30,000 cases. 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.

The mythical vintages of Chateau Lafite Rothschild are 1921, 19451959198219861988 and 2000, 2005 in recent years.