CARRUADES DE LAFITE 2005
CARRUADES DE LAFITE 2005
CARRUADES DE LAFITE 2005
CARRUADES DE LAFITE 2005
CARRUADES DE LAFITE 2005
CARRUADES DE LAFITE 2005
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2005

CARRUADES DE LAFITE 2005

Wine 2005 Second wine Bordeaux Pauillac

The year 2005 was the fourth consecutive year of low rainfall, yet the drought set in early at the end of May, which enabled the vines to adapt by reducing their foliage. The high temperatures of June and July gradually waned to give way in August to cool nights. As a result, good acidity could be retained with slow maturity and no blockages. This year was climatically atypical but ultimately ideal for the production of healthy, very ripe grapes that kept a nice freshness.
The second wine of Château Lafite Rothschild, the "Carruades de Lafite" 2005, reveals a complex nose with a hint of exoticism. The mouth is quite ample, round, fleshy. The long finish is embellished with a very slight liveliness.

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Jancis Robinson February - 2009
Jancis Robinson
Looks quite developed. Rather light, greenish note on the nose and then very sweet fruit on the palate. A hint of chocolate. Vibrant.
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Autre February -
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Tom Cannavan (01-2007) The second wine of Lafite is quite closed, but has very intense blackcurrant and black cherry fruit, with a note of blue/black, liquoricy fruit firmness. On the palate this is very dense, dark and pure. The difference between this (which accounts for 60% of Lafite's crop) and several of the wines I've tasted this week is that the tannin structure, whilst still massive and forceful, is still somehow supple and elegant, and integrates with the blue/black, tight fruit and structural acidity beautifully.
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Wine Spectator March - 2008
Wine Spectator
 Has coffee and chocolate aromas, with hints of ripe fruit. Medium-bodied, with soft tannins and a fruity, plummy, milk chocolaty aftertaste. Best after 2012.
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Vintage Wine  2005
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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