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2016 Carruades de Lafite, 6-bottle Lot, Wood Case

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2016 Carruades de Lafite

750ml

RATINGS

94Jeb Dunnuck

...medium to full-bodied, seamless, incredibly pure style as well as classy black cherry fruits, graphite, licorice, and dried earth, it’s impeccably balanced, has no hard edges, and is already hard to resist.

93James Suckling

Sweet-tobacco and berry aromas here with fresh herbs, too. Full-bodied, dense and chewy with a savory edge, bright acidity and a long, flavorful finish. Iron and graphite at the finish with Indian ink.

90Vinous / IWC

...featuring intense blackberry, boysenberry and cassis fruit...medium-bodied palate is not quite as luxurious as the aromatics, displaying supple tannins and a slightly powdery texture. There’s good depth here and fine acidity, plus plenty of black pepper toward the finish. Fine.

18Jancis Robinson

Big and beefy. Robust. Chunky. Very dry on the end. Sincere rather than charming. Lots packed in here. Wait awhile! Exciting.

PRODUCER

Château Lafite-Rothschild (Second Label)

Carruades de Lafite is the second label of Lafite Rothschild, meaning that the wine is made by Chateau Lafite Rothschild, in the Pauillac appellation of Bordeaux. The name Carruades comes from a plateau of vineyard parcels purchased in 1845 by Chateau Lafite. Carruades contains a higher percentage of Merlot than the First Growth Lafite Rothschild. Carruades is 50 – 70% Cabernet Sauvignon, 30 - 50% Merlot, and up to 5% Cabernet Franc and Petit Verdot. About 20,000 cases are produced annually.

REGION

France, Bordeaux, Pauillac

Pauillac is Bordeaux’s most famous appellation, thanks to the fact that it is home to three of the region’s fabled first-growth châteaux, Lafite-Rothschild, Mouton-Rothschild and Latour. Perched on the left bank of the Gironde River north of the city of Bordeaux, Pauillac is centered around the commune of Pauillac and includes about 3,000 acres of vineyards. The Bordeaux classification of 1855 named 18 classified growths, including the three above mentioned First Growths. Cabernet Sauvignon is the principal grape grown, followed by Merlot. The soil is mostly sandy gravel mixed with marl and iron. Robert M. Parker Jr. has written that “the textbook Pauillac would tend to have a rich, full-bodied texture, a distinctive bouquet of black currants, licorice and cedary scents, and excellent aging potential.”

VINTAGE

2016 Carruades de Lafite

This is a second label of Château Lafite-Rothschild