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Château Smith Haut Lafitte Pessac-Léognan AOC 2012

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€ 124.10 / 0,75 l Fl.

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  • Attributes

    Land:

    France

    Gebiet:

    Graves et Sauternais

    Region:

    Bordeaux

    Appellation:

    Pessac-Léognan AOC

    Rebsorte:

    Cuvée

    Kategorie:

    Red wine

    Weincharakter:

    intense & opulent

    Produzent:

    Château Smith Haut Lafitte

    Jahrgang:

    2012

    Füllmenge:

    0,75 l Fl.

  • Complete description

    Vintage Description:

    The opaque bluish-purple 2012 Smith Haut Lafite offers up notes of licorice, graphite, blueberry and blackberry fruit, a medium to full-bodied mouthfeel, stunningly ripe, velvety tannins and a long, long finish. This is another sensational effort from the Cathiards that is perfectly balanced, complex, super-rich and pure. (Robert Parker Jr. - The Wine Advocate, Apr. 2015)

    wine:

    wine title:

    Château Smith Haut Lafitte

    country:

    France

    region:

    Bordeaux

    Area:

    Graves et Sauternais

    Producer:

    Château Smith Haut Lafitte

    Category:

    Red wine

    Weincharakter:

    intense & opulent

    appellation:

    Pessac-Léognan AOC

    Glass:

    Bordeaux

    Premiumglass:

    Bordeaux Grand Cru

    Ideal serving temperature (°C), from:

    16

    Ideal serving temperature (°C), up to:

    18

    Ideal drinking maturity (years after harvest) from:

    5

    Ideal drinking maturity (years after harvest) up to:

    35

    food recommendation:

    Braised venison, Venison ragout and buttered spaetzle, Lamb in hot and spicy sauce, Hot ragout of ground meat , Beef in hot and spicy sauce, Roast duck/goose breast - sweet condim., Venison steak with sweet condiments

    Grape variety:

    Cuvée

    Rebsorte(n):

    55% Cabernet Sauvignon, 40% Merlot, 4% Cabernet Franc, 1% Petit Verdot

    Soil:

    Silica for finesse, limestone for strength, clay for wealth ... all this is found in these soils in a mixture of gravel and sand.

    Alcohol level (%vol):

    14

    year:

    2012

    vineyard:

    Unique to most of the great vineyards in Bordeaux, Smith Haut Haut Lafitte is in one large block of vines, which is then subdivided into 140 smaller parcels. The best part of the vineyard is located at the center, on the gravel plateau of Smith Haut Lafitte, which has a peak elevation of 40 meters. Here their best Cabernet Sauvignon vines are planted.

    Ertrag:

    32 hl/ha

    Vinification:

    After sorting and cold maceration, the grapes are whole berry fermented in 30 large, temperature controlled, oak vats from 60 - 100 hl at 28 °C. A portion of the Merlot is vinified with the stems intact. Extraction carried out by manual punching down. Malolactic fermentation takes place in a combination of new, French oak barrels, older barrels and vats. All wine is exclusively moved by gravity.

    Residual sugar:

    dry

    Ageing:

    18 month in barrels on the lees (60% new barrels).

    Grape variety abbreviation:

    CS, ME, CF, PV

    grape age:

    40 years on average.
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