CHÂTEAU LAFITE ROTHSCHILD 2005
CHÂTEAU LAFITE ROTHSCHILD 2005
CHÂTEAU LAFITE ROTHSCHILD 2005
CHÂTEAU LAFITE ROTHSCHILD 2005
CHÂTEAU LAFITE ROTHSCHILD 2005
CHÂTEAU LAFITE ROTHSCHILD 2005
CHÂTEAU LAFITE ROTHSCHILD 2005
CHÂTEAU LAFITE ROTHSCHILD 2005
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2005

CHÂTEAU LAFITE ROTHSCHILD 2005

Wine 2005 1er Cru Classé  Bordeaux Pauillac

The year 2005 was the fourth consecutive year of low rainfall, yet the drought set in early at the end of May, which enabled the vines to adapt by reducing their foliage. The high temperatures of June and July gradually waned to give way in August to cool nights. As a result, good acidity could be retained with slow maturity and no blockages. This year was climatically atypical but ultimately ideal for the production of healthy, very ripe grapes that kept a nice freshness.
Château Lafite Rothschild 2005 has a deep robe, with an intense, delicate, subtle and complex nose. A mouth, very clear and straight at the start, then the acquisition of amplitude, volume announce the beginning of a nice roundness. This Premier Cru Classé is very powerful and elegant, with good length and good density.

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19.5/20
Jancis Robinson May - 2018
Jancis Robinson
This was the star of the tasting for pure, inherent quality – a truly glorious wine that will presumably continue to impress those lucky enough to taste it for many decades to come. Very dark, shaded crimson. The most gorgeous panoply of aromas on the nose – not yet knit but just starting to integrate. Exceptionally promising. Absolutely marvellous wine that was extremely difficult to spit. Fresh but ripe with great life and energy. The density of fruit covered the considerable charge of tannin. Such verve! So healthy. Some pure stoniness on the mid palate.
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96 / 100
Michael Broadbent November - 2014
Michael Broadbent
Having tasted the 2005 Château Lafite-Rothschild several times both blind and non-blind, it comes across as a First Growth politely requesting more time to "settle". Here, from an ex-château bottle tasted in Bordeaux, it delivers that graphite, pencil-box bouquet that unfurls gradually in the glass, biding its time, graceful but not intense. Parallel to some of its fellow 2005s, it is developing a little more spice, namely thyme and sage, than I recall. The palate is medium-bodied and beautifully balanced, to wit, a sophisticated Pauillac that priorities elegance and poise over intensity of fruit—in keeping with Lafite Rothschild's style. You come away with the sense that it will take its time and decline, giving away a great deal in its primacy, even if it is still more approachable than the 2005 Latour for example. Therefore, I would be inclined to set this aside for several more years. Tasted November 2014. Drink Date 2022-2050
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Vintage Wine  2005
Classification Médoc - 1er Cru Classé 
Region Bordeaux
Appellation Pauillac
Colour Red
Volume 0.75 l
Country France
Alcohol content 13.00% vol
Château Château Lafite Rothschild
Château Lafite Rothschild
Château Lafite Rothschild

Château Lafite Rothschild is one of the oldest and most prestigious estates in the Pauillac appellation, on the left bank of Bordeaux. Its origins date back to the Middle Ages, but it was in the 18th century that the château gained international renown, particularly among the European courts. In the 1855 classification, Château Lafite Rothschild was classified as a Premier Grand Cru Classé, durably cementing its status at the summit of the Bordeaux hierarchy.

Owned by the Rothschild family since 1868, the estate rests on a terroir of fine, deep gravels, perfectly suited to Cabernet Sauvignon. The wines of Château Lafite Rothschild are distinguished by their finesse, aromatic precision and balance, favouring elegance and length over demonstrative power.

Aged in new oak barrels, the wines favour fine tannin grain, freshness and length over power, and require time before opening up. The estate's great reference points range from the 1982 wine, which ushered in the modern era, to the 1989 vintage and the 1996 wine at the turn of the century, then to 2009 and the year 2010, two consecutive years at the pinnacle of the recent period. Carruades de Lafite, more influenced by Merlot and drawn mainly from the eponymous plateau, offers the most accessible expression.

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