Château Lafite Rothschild

Carruades de Lafite, Pauillac, 2021

Name: Carruades de Lafite, Pauillac
Brand: Château Lafite Rothschild
Price: 1399.22 GBP

92/100

Inside Bordeaux

88-90/100

The Wine Independent

90/100

Vinous

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2021
6x75cl
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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.

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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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Critic Reviews

92/100

Jane Anson,

Inside Bordeaux

This has taken on lovely depth over ageing, delivering on its promise, and these are classic slightly old school Pauillac flavours, focusing on crayon, slate, pencil lead, cassis bud, rose bud, has tension and subdued power. Highly successful. 1st year organic conversion. 40% of overall production, 34hl/h yields.

drinking window 2025 - 2038

date of review 04/2024

90/100

Neal Martin,

Vinous

The 2021 Carruades de Lafite, which contains 10% vin de presse (a little less than usual), has a fragrant bouquet, very pure, focused and impressively delineated with blackberry, pencil shavings and light tobacco scents. The palate is medium-bodied with a lilting opening, clean, fresh black fruit, plenty of graphite notes and a dash of cracked black pepper on the finish. This is a fine Carruades that will give up to 20 years of drinking pleasure.

drinking window 2026 - 2042

date of review 02/2024

88-90/100

Lisa Perrotti-Brown,

The Wine Independent

The 2021 Carruades de Lafite is composed of 55% Cabernet Sauvignon, 36% Merlot, 5% Cabernet Franc, and 4% Petit Verdot. Medium to deep garnet-purple in color, it gives up notes of red and black cherries, cassis, and underbrush with hints of bay leaves and lilacs. Light bodied, the palate has loads of mineral and herbal sparks accenting the red and black fruit layers with plenty of tension and soft tannins, finishing with a skip in its step.

drinking window 2026 - 2042

date of review 05/2022

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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.