CARRUADES DE LAFITE 1996
CARRUADES DE LAFITE 1996
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CARRUADES DE LAFITE 1996
CARRUADES DE LAFITE 1996
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1996

CARRUADES DE LAFITE 1996

Wine 1996 Second wine Bordeaux Pauillac
90-94 / 100 Rated by 6 experts

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95 / 100
Cellar Tracker March - 2026
Cellar Tracker
 Knockout aromas right from the get-go. The classic Lafite elements are here, and boldly so, with the cedar cigar box, burning tobacco, and a deep earthiness. The scent alone prepares you for something on the level of the grand vin.
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92 / 100
Jean-Marc Quarin March - 1997
Jean-Marc Quarin
Dark red color. Good intensity. Bright. Beautiful. Nose of medium intensity. Fine. Fruity. Floral. Delicately oaked. Fresh on swirling. Supple attack, developing on a round, rich structure, evolving on flavors of ripe cherry, towards a finish with elegant and aromatic tannicity, which still leaves a very blackcurrant wild taste on the finish. Good persistence.
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92 / 100
La Revue du Vin de France January - 1
La Revue du Vin de France
RVF magazine
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89 / 100
Robert PARKER - The Wine Advocate January - 2000
Robert PARKER - The Wine Advocate
A very intense, expressive nose of blackberry, espresso and an animal quality. Good definition, almost Rhone-like. Smooth entry, full-bodied. Blackberry, coffee, huge tannins. Muscular, again almost Rhone-like. Very high extraction with a pain grille finish. Needs another five years at least. Slight astringency on the finish.
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88 / 100
Wine Spectator March - 2007
Wine Spectator
Aromas of currant and cigar box. Full-bodied, with silky tannins and a medium finish.
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17,5/20
Jancis Robinson September - 2011
Jancis Robinson
Mainly from young vines and the north-facing plots across the main road from the Château. Dark ruby with some age. Aristocratic fragrance. Lovely build with real freshness and fruit concentration. Far too good for the prices charged then for Carruades! Really subtle and Lafite-like. Racy.
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Vintage Wine  1996
Classification Bordeaux - Second wine
Region Bordeaux
Appellation Pauillac
Colour Red
Volume 0.75 l
Country France
Alcohol content 13.00% vol
Château Château Lafite Rothschild
Château Lafite Rothschild
Château Lafite Rothschild

Château Lafite Rothschild is one of the oldest and most prestigious estates in the Pauillac appellation, on the Left Bank of Bordeaux. Its origins date back to the Middle Ages, but it was in the 18th century that the château gained international renown, particularly among the European courts. In the 1855 classification, Château Lafite Rothschild was classified as a Premier Grand Cru Classé, durably enshrining its status at the very top of the Bordeaux hierarchy.

In the Rothschild family's possession since 1868, the estate rests on a terroir of fine, deep gravels perfectly suited to Cabernet Sauvignon. The wines of Château Lafite Rothschild are distinguished by their finesse, aromatic precision and balance, favouring elegance and length over demonstrative power.

Aged in new oak barrels, the wines focus on fine tannin grain, freshness and length rather than power, and require time before opening up. The estate's great reference points range from the 1982 wine, which ushered in the modern era, to the 1989 vintage and the 1996 wine for the end of the century, then to 2009 and the 2010 vintage, two consecutive years at the pinnacle of the recent period. Carruades de Lafite, more influenced by Merlot and drawn primarily from the eponymous plateau, offers the most accessible expression.

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