CARRUADES DE LAFITE 1998
CARRUADES DE LAFITE 1998
CARRUADES DE LAFITE 1998
CARRUADES DE LAFITE 1998
CARRUADES DE LAFITE 1998
CARRUADES DE LAFITE 1998
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1998

CARRUADES DE LAFITE 1998

Wine 1998 Second wine Bordeaux Pauillac

The conditions were optimal in terms of earliness, flowering and temperatures during the summer. Then followed a rainy harvest, which raised fears of the worst. Fortunately, the grapes remained impermeable to this water.
The second wine of Château Lafite Rothschild, the "Carruades de Lafite" 1998, reveals a dark color, the nose is strong, expressive, woody, the powerful attack opens on a fruity, balanced mouth with a beautiful final length.

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Robert PARKER - The Wine Advocate January - 2001
Robert PARKER - The Wine Advocate
This has become one of the finest second wines produced. The 1998 (a blend of 61% Cabernet Sauvignon, 33% Merlot, 4.5% Cabernet Franc, and 1.5% Petit Verdot) is an outstanding effort. While very Lafite-like (although more supple and forward), it exhibits a dense rubypurple color in addition to an excellent bouquet of black fruits, smoke, earth, and minerals, supple tannin, an excellent texture, and a long, fine finish.
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La Revue du Vin de France January - 2002
La Revue du Vin de France
Green Guide 2002
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88 / 100
Wine Spectator June - 2009
Wine Spectator
Currant bush and light earth aromas follow through to a full body, with polished tannins and a balance of currant and fresh herbs. Attractive, but a bit lean.
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87 / 100
Jean-Marc Quarin April - 1999
Jean-Marc Quarin
Dark red colour. Good intensity. Bright. Medium intensity nose. Fruity. Cherry note. Mouth entry full of sweetness and quite smooth, developing on a medium and juicy body in the centre, which evolves quite quickly, with a slight flavour eclipse towards a medium-length finish, with tannicity where the fruit lacks a little brightness. Medium persistence.
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Vintage Wine  1998
Classification Bordeaux - Second wine
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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