Château Lafite Rothschild

Carruades de Lafite, Pauillac, 2011

Name: Carruades de Lafite, Pauillac
Brand: Château Lafite Rothschild
Price: 1039.93 GBP

87/100

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2011
6x75cl
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£1,039.93
2011
6x75cl
DP
£1,249.93

Justerini & Brooks Tasting note

It is not always easy to remain impartial when tasting Carruades de Lafite. Lafite's second wine still trades at close to £3000 per case, a phenomenal sum for what is really quite a humble Pauillac. The association with China's favourite wine brand and its uncanny resemblance have driven prices through the roof. Quite floral with notes of violets and sweet cassis fruit. There is a soft, pure mid-palate of bramble fruit and blackcurrants with just a little astringency. Fashioned from 55% Cabernet Sauvignon, 39% Merlot, 3.5% Cabernet Franc and 2.5% of very fragrant Petit Verdot, this is a smart second wine.

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Provenance in fine wine

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Wines not bought directly from the vineyard are either sourced from trusted suppliers, with whom we share the same philosophy and rigour in buying, or from our own network of Cellarers customers. These customers’ wines are stored in optimal conditions in Octavian Corsham and, in the vast majority of cases, have been stored by us since the wine was first shipped. We do not purchase wine from auctions.

We feel it is equally important to for our customers that the case they buy and leave in storage with us is exactly the same case they subsequently have delivered. This may sound obvious and straightforward, yet we are one of very few merchants to have taken measures to ensure this.

We have created a system where every case is independent, thereby ensuring a trail of ownership and peace of mind for every customer.

The Journey

Justerinis ensures that every case of wine stored with Cellarers (Wines) Ltd has a unique identifier and customer’s name, almost unheard of in the industry as it is expensive to administer. These details are printed and placed on every case which is logged and recorded under your account name and kept in the world’s most renowned storage facility, Octavian Corsham.

This information is sent from our systems to the warehouse every day to ensure the trail of ownership is verified and upheld.

While customer reserves are stored in Corsham, our physical stocks are kept in Hoddesdon, further providing a geographical separation between customers’ wines with Cellarers and Justerinis’ own stock.

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Cellarers (Wines) Ltd is a legally separate limited company from Justerini & Brooks which currently holds approximately £450 million worth of customer reserves. It is fully insured to catastrophic loss. Many merchants will state that wine in their care is fully insured, but in reality this is on an individual case basis with insufficient cover for total loss as this is prohibitively expensive. The cover provided by Octavian and Justerini & Brooks is unmatched.

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Critic Reviews

87/100

Ian d'Agata,

Vinous

Medium ruby. Straightforward aromas of redcurrant, mint and cedar, plus a suggestion of coffee. Light and fresh on the palate, showing moderate depth to its red fruit and cedar flavors. With modest concentration and sweetness, the tannins make their presence felt a bit early. A very light Carruades.

date of review 07/2014

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Specifications

Country:

France

Region:

Bordeaux

Appellation:

Pauillac

Producer:

Château Lafite Rothschild

style:

Red Wine

Grape Variety:

Cab Sauvignon Merlot

abv:

12.5%

allergen information

This product may contain sulphites. Full allergen information is available upon request, please call our Customer Relations Team on +44 (0)20 7484 6430.