CHÂTEAU LAFITE ROTHSCHILD 1982
CHÂTEAU LAFITE ROTHSCHILD 1982
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1982

CHÂTEAU LAFITE ROTHSCHILD 1982

Wine 1982 1er Cru Classé  Bordeaux Pauillac

To drink between 2000 and 2050

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100 / 100
Robert PARKER - The Wine Advocate June - 2000
Robert PARKER - The Wine Advocate
The 1982 Lafite possesses a dark, dense rubypurple color with only a subtle lightening at the rim. Spectacular aromatics offer jammy cherry and black fruits intertwined with lead pencil, mineral, and smoky wood scents. Powerful for a Lafite, this wine unfolds to reveal extraordinary richness, purity, and overall symmetry in addition to stunning flavor depth and persistence. The finish lasts for nearly a minute. Plenty of tannin remains, and the wine displays a vibrancy and youthfulness that belie its 18 years of age. The modern day equivalent of Lafite-Rothschild's immortal 1959, the 1982 will enjoy another 30-70 years of life! An amazing achievement!
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100 / 100
Autre September - 2019
Autre
Revista Adega : If I had to describe him in one word, it would be nobility. Crystal clear fruits, delicious cherries and plums. And all this with striking cedar, present tannins, cold ash and white pepper, together with fascinating acidity. Elegance at all costs with the strength to last for years. I hope to taste it again when I turn 50.
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97 / 100
Jeff Leve - The Wine Cellar Insider April - 2024
Jeff Leve - The Wine Cellar Insider
The best examples of this are simply great. Elegant, floral, refined, and packed with sweet, spicy, red fruits. cigar wrappers, currants, and cherries. There is length, energy, lift, freshness, and complexity. Drink from 2024-2040.
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18 / 20
Jancis Robinson May - 2018
Jancis Robinson
Not the most concentrated nor long-living 1982 though lovely to drink now. Perfumed, mineral, salty, long and juicy with a slightly drying finish. But overall transparent and nervy with some fine Lafite quality.
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98 / 100
Franck Dubourdieu September - 2007
Franck Dubourdieu
5 / 5
Michael Broadbent April - 2001
Michael Broadbent
Impressively deep and comparatively youthful ; a well developed, sweet and harmonious bouquet.
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Vintage Wine  1982
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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