Carruades de Lafite, Pauillac, 2010

Name: Carruades de Lafite, Pauillac
Brand: Château Lafite Rothschild
Price: 1221.53 GBP

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justerini & brooks tasting note

This wine doesn't require much selling; it is just about the most sought after wine every campaign, but the quality of Carruades is getting better and better. We honestly believe that Forts de Latour, Carruades de Lafite, Petit Mouton, Pavillon Rouge and Clarence de Haut Brion are all the finest examples to date. Classic Pauillac bouquet of cut flowers, pencil shavings, cool cassis and delicate minerals; reserved, but less so that Duhart and Lafite. On the palate there is ample sweet black fruit including notes of blackcurrant fruit pastels. Awash with silky fruit, muscled, sinewy, intense; this possesses great texture and a lifted classical finish. 50% Cabernet Sauvignon, 42.5% Merlot, 2.4%Petit Verdot and 5.1% Cabernet Franc.

critic reviews

88/100Neal Martin,Vinous

The 2010 Carruades de Lafite has a slightly muddled, oxidative nose. The palate is medium-bodied with supple tannins, fleshy red berry fruit, lighter than its peers with just a little dryness towards the bottle. Not sure how representative this bottle is. Faulty? Tasted blind at Farr Vintners 10-Year On Bordeaux horizontal.

date of review 04/2020