chateau lafite rothschild 1er cru classe pauillac

Château Lafite Rothschild

Château Lafite Rothschild, 1er Cru Classé, Pauillac, 2022

Name: Château Lafite Rothschild, 1er Cru Classé, Pauillac
Brand: Château Lafite Rothschild
Price: 2985 GBP

99/100

Inside Bordeaux

98-100/100

The Wine Independent

98/100

Vinous

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2022
6x75cl
DP
£3,590.74

En primeur

2022
3x1.5L
EP
£2,985.00

Justerini & Brooks Tasting note

We're going to run out of superlatives… Lafite has provided one of the most handsome, detailed and downright gorgeous wines of the vintage. A wine of epic proportions and rippling muscle, yet so measured and genteel. Initially brooding and introspective, with some coaxing, it starts to reveal a glorious floral bouquet of iris, violets, tobacco, mint and sage, along with pure cassis, graphite and hints of oak spice. The attack is pure blackcurrant infused with minerals, very athletic and cool, with some lovely leafy notes. All tension and class, there's an intensity and purity to the fruit that is so alluring, a certain strictness even. This is very much the complete package, the seamless core glides across the palate offering layers of fruit and minerals before segueing to resonant, linear tannins, which provide enduring length and grip. The precision and clarity here is on another level, and one feels there's still tons in reserve. One of the superstars of the vintage, a wine that captures the noble essence of Cabernet Sauvignon. Quite wonderful! 94% Cabernet Sauvignon, 5% Merlot and 1% Petit Verdot.

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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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Critic Reviews

99/100

Jane Anson,

Inside Bordeaux

This is a great Latour, muscular and sculpted, delivering waves of tobacco leaf, pomegranate, powerful cassis and bilberry fruits, crayon, crushed rocks, ripe and finessed tannins. Lifted by waves of fresh acidities, not as rooted in the earth as vintages like the 2016 or 2010 - rather this has edges of juice and sinew that suggest it could be ready within a decade to begin drinking, rather than the 15 years+ of many Latours. Compelling, complex, precise. 95% new oak, Hélène Génin director.

drinking window 2032 - 2050

date of review 03/2025

98/100

Neal Martin,

Vinous

The 2022 Lafite-Rothschild bides its time in the glass. Head winemaker Eric Kohler told me that this contains the highest proportion of <em>vin de presse</em> ever at 17%, and the alcohol is 13.6%. The 2022 is initially quite reticent, but after four or five minutes, it unfolds with scents of blackberry, cedar, graphite and a touch of inkwell. Like a few other wines in this vintage, the <em>mineralité</em> only reveals itself later. The palate is medium-bodied with fine-boned tannins, the signature trait of a first-rate Lafite. It is adorned with unerring purity and elegance, very focused with a beguiling symmetry. Quintessentially Lafite Rothschild, this is as precise as a Swiss watch with just the right degree of salinity to keep the saliva flowing on the finish. Just a magnificent First Growth destined to give immense pleasure.

drinking window 2032 - 2075

date of review 02/2025

98-100/100

Lisa Perrotti-Brown,

The Wine Independent

Composed of 94% Cabernet Sauvignon, 5% Merlot, and 1% Petit Verdot, the 2022 Lafite Rothschild is deep garnet-purple in color. The nose is almost impenetrable to start, needing a lot of shaking to wake up delicate scents of crushed red and black currants, raspberry leaves, warm plums, and boysenberries, followed by hints of crushed rocks, damp earth, lilacs, and Jasmine tea, with just a hint of orange peel. The palate is classic great Lafite, featuring incredibly tightly knit layers of black fruits, minerals, and floral notes bound with a rock-solid structure of exquisitely fine, very firm tannins and bold freshness, finishing with epic length and depth. This is an intellectual triumph, but don't think about touching it for 10-15 years. pH 3.85.

drinking window 2034 - 2074

date of review 05/2023

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Specifications

Country:

France

Region:

Bordeaux

Appellation:

Pauillac

Producer:

Château Lafite Rothschild

style:

Red Wine

Grape Variety:

Cab Sauvignon Merlot

abv:

13%

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.