CHÂTEAU LAFITE ROTHSCHILD 1988
CHÂTEAU LAFITE ROTHSCHILD 1988
CHÂTEAU LAFITE ROTHSCHILD 1988
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CHÂTEAU LAFITE ROTHSCHILD 1988
CHÂTEAU LAFITE ROTHSCHILD 1988
CHÂTEAU LAFITE ROTHSCHILD 1988
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1988

CHÂTEAU LAFITE ROTHSCHILD 1988

Wine 1988 1er Cru Classé  Bordeaux Pauillac

Optimal tasting window: 2000 - 2040

Thanks to advances in chemistry, Château Lafite Rothschild emerged victorious from its June battle against powdery mildew (a vine disease). Warm and dry, the summer and the month of September allowed the harvest to reach maturity. Château Lafite Rothschild 1988 is a colourful, powerfully structured and tannic wine.

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95 / 100
Jane Anson - Inside Bordeaux June - 2022
Jane Anson - Inside Bordeaux
Servi en magnum, il est délicieux en ce moment. J'ai dégusté ce millésime à plusieurs reprises récemment et ce n'est pas le Lafite le plus emblématique, mais il possède un charme si naturel qu'il est tout simplement unique. Tabac, pétales de rose, subtil cèdre grillé et cacao grillé, avec des notes de mûre de Logan et de framboise. Ce Lafite est si gourmand et si agréable qu'il continue à offrir subtilement de nouveaux moments de complexité et de puissance discrète.
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93 / 100
Franck Dubourdieu September - 2007
Franck Dubourdieu
94 / 100
Jeff Leve - The Wine Cellar Insider January - 2010
Jeff Leve - The Wine Cellar Insider
 Cassis, cedar, tobacco, graphite, earth and spice on the nose. The wine is full bodied, concentrated and still tannic. The fruit is best described at noble. You can sense its good breeding. But there is an austerity and a hint of under ripeness in the finish that takes away from the wine. The long, rich, cassis and rhubarb filled finish is joy, but the sense of under ripeness takes away from the pleasure. Fans of older, more traditional, less ripe wines will like this more than I did.
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94 / 100
Robert PARKER - The Wine Advocate October - 1994
Robert PARKER - The Wine Advocate
Broodingly backward and in need of considerable bottle age, the 1988 is a classic expression of Lafite. This deeply-colored wine exhibits the tell-tale Lafite bouquet of cedar, subtle herbs, dried pit fruits, minerals, and cassis. Extremely concentrated, with brilliantly focused flavors and huge tannins, this backward, yet impressively endowed Lafite-Rothschild may well turn out to be the wine of the vintage.
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18 / 20
La Revue du Vin de France January - 2004
La Revue du Vin de France
17,5/20
Jancis Robinson October - 2002
Jancis Robinson
Robe d'un violet assez profond. Couleur d'encre. Nez très Cabernet. Onctueux et légèrement marqué par l'élégance dansante caractéristique de Lafite. Attaque douce et finale assez sèche, mais très respectable et fidèle au millésime. Assez long.
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Vintage Wine  1988
Classification Médoc - 1er Cru Classé 
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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