CARRUADES DE LAFITE 2005
CARRUADES DE LAFITE 2005
CARRUADES DE LAFITE 2005
CARRUADES DE LAFITE 2005
CARRUADES DE LAFITE 2005
CARRUADES DE LAFITE 2005
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2005

CARRUADES DE LAFITE 2005

Wine 2005 Second wine 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.
The second wine of Château Lafite Rothschild, the "Carruades de Lafite" 2005, reveals a complex nose with a hint of exoticism. The mouth is quite ample, round, fleshy. The long finish is embellished with a very slight liveliness.

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17.5/20
Jancis Robinson February - 2009
Jancis Robinson
Looks quite developed. Rather light, greenish note on the nose and then very sweet fruit on the palate. A hint of chocolate. Vibrant.
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Autre February -
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Tom Cannavan (01-2007) The second wine of Lafite is quite closed, but has very intense blackcurrant and black cherry fruit, with a note of blue/black, liquoricy fruit firmness. On the palate this is very dense, dark and pure. The difference between this (which accounts for 60% of Lafite's crop) and several of the wines I've tasted this week is that the tannin structure, whilst still massive and forceful, is still somehow supple and elegant, and integrates with the blue/black, tight fruit and structural acidity beautifully.
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89 / 100
Wine Spectator March - 2008
Wine Spectator
 Has coffee and chocolate aromas, with hints of ripe fruit. Medium-bodied, with soft tannins and a fruity, plummy, milk chocolaty aftertaste. Best after 2012.
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Vintage Wine  2005
Classification Bordeaux - Second wine
Region Bordeaux
Appellation Pauillac
Colour Red
Volume 0.75 l
Country France
Château Château Lafite Rothschild
Château Lafite Rothschild
Château Lafite Rothschild

Château Lafite Rothschild, 1st growth in 1855, is one of Bordeaux's most famous chateaux. It shares with the greatest the top of the official classification of 1855. Located on the Pauillac appellation, the vineyard of 103 ha is divided into three parcels: the hills surrounding the Château, the Carruades plateau to the west and a parcel of 4.5 ha in the neighboring town of Saint-Estèphe. Most of the terroir is composed of fine and deep gravel mixed with Aeolian sand on a tertiary limestone bedrock. The grape varieties are 71% Cabernet Sauvignon, 25% Merlot, 3% Cabernet Franc and 1% Petit Verdot. The average age of the vineyards of the great wine is 40 years, the 20 ha of young vines (less than 10 years) being used for the development of the second wine. There are also extremely old plots of over 80 years, one called "La Gravière" dating back to 1886. The maturation of the wine is carried out for 18 to 20 months in 100% new oak barrels. Lafite Rothschild produces about 15,000 to 20,000 cases per year. The estate also produces a second wine, the Carruades de Lafite, for around 25,000 to 30,000 cases. The name of the second wine of Chateau Lafite Rothschild of the "plateau Carruades, where stood a group of plots, which was bought by the castle in the nineteenth century, and which adjoined the rump Castle. The "Carruades de Lafite" were once called "Moulin des Carruades", then take the name, Carruades de Lafite.

The mythical vintages of Chateau Lafite Rothschild are 1921, 1945, 1959, 1982, 1986, 1988 and 2000, 2005 in recent years.

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