Chateau Lafite Rothschild 2022 Pauillac
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Christian Balog beschreibt den Wein wie folgt: 96-98
Die Nase ist sehr fein und klar angelegt, dunkle kleine Beeren, vermählen sich mit helleren Wildbeeren. Er öffnet sich sehr schnell und gibt einiges an Kühler Frische preis, etwas Minziges vermischt sich mit Schokoladensplittern und etwas Lakritze, ein Haucj Bleistift. Im Mund sehr weich, dennoch mundfüllend, ohne Schwere aufzubauen, eine präzise frische Säure zieht sich durch den Wein. Er kling balanciert und mittelkräftig aus. Eher ein finesse Lafite, dennoch schlummert hier beachtliches Potenzial.
A blend of 94% Cabernet Sauvignon, 5% Merlot and 1% Petit Verdot, the 2022 Lafite Rothschild unwinds in the glass with aromas of dark berries, cassis, sweet soils tones, cigar box and lilac. Medium to full-bodied, it's the most tensile of the first growths this year, with a layered, concentrated but youthfully introverted mid-palate, lively acids and a long, saline finish. It checks in at a rather high pH of 3.85, which belies its incisive profile, from a harvest that extended from August 31 to September 24.
A classical Lafite that reminds me of something like the 1986, with its blackcurrant and tobacco character with cedar and hazelnut, but it's so today with its purity and precision. It's really about being Lafite here. Terroir gives great elegance with strength.
The 2022 Château Lafite-Rothschild is based on 94% Cabernet Sauvignon, 5% Merlot, and 1% Petit Verdot that was harvested between the 31st of August and the 24th of September. It's a richer, more opulent wine compared to the more classic 2020 (although the pH is higher in the 2020) and has a deep, full-bodied, concentrated profile as well as classic Lafite aromatics of spicy red and black fruits, freshly sharpened pencils, graphite, and tobacco. Deep, rich, and concentrated, it nevertheless stays pure and flawlessly balanced, with ample, ripe tannins and a great finish. It's going to have some up-front appeal by Lafite standards but should still require a decade of bottle age. Director Eric Koher compares this to the 2005, but this modern-day clone of the 1959 is one of the most powerful, concentrated Lafites I've tasted.
13,6 % Tiefdunkles Rubingranat, opaker Kern, violette Reflexe, zarte Randaufhellung. Zart tabakig unterlegtes Edelholz, schwarze Waldbeeren, Cassis und dunkle Kirschen, ein Hauch von Orangenzesten und Lakritze. Stoffig, schwarze Beeren, frische Kirschen, Ribiseln, finessenreiche Struktur, seidige Tannine, mineralisch-salzig im Abgang, geprägt von enormer Länge, grandioses Reifepotenzial.