James Suckling über den Chateau Smith Haut Lafitte 2019 rouge Pessac Leognan:
11 Feb, 2022 – Intense blackberry and graphite character coming out of the glass, together with dried violets, ink and some asphalt. Full-bodied with wonderfully integrated tannins that spread across the palate and then draw you deep into the wine. Lead-pencil and blackcurrant aftertaste. Tightly wound with a cashmere-like texture. A whole and thought-provoking wine. Try after 2028 and beyond.
Antonio Galloni (Vinous) bewertet den Chateau Smith Haut Lafitte 2019 rouge Pessac Leognan:
The 2019 Smith Haut Lafitte is a dense, explosive wine. Super-ripe dark cherry, plum, mocha, new leather and licorice all saturate the palate in a wine that balances unctuous texture and structure. The 2019 is an opulent Smith Haut Lafitte that is going to need a few years to shed some baby fat. It is a powerhouse to be sure. Dried herbs, leather, tobacco, incense and graphite lend striking savory nuance throughout.
Und Neal Martin (Vinous) zum Chateau Smith Haut Lafitte 2019 rouge Pessac Leognan:
The 2019 Smith Haut-Lafitte blossoms immediately on the nose of seductive blackberry, black olive and Bing cherries, perhaps a little more floral than when I tasted it from barrel, and there is a nearly Burgundy-like purity. The palate is medium-bodied with a smooth, almost creamy entry. This is very harmonious, elegant and poised, leading to a mineral-driven finish. A gorgeous, seductive Smith Haut Lafitte that will give three or four decades of drinking pleasure.
Für den Wine Spectator verköstigte James Molesworth denChateau Smith Haut Lafitte 2019 rouge Pessac Leognan:
A broad, rich and caressing wine, with a lovely display of cassis, plum puree and blackberry pâte de fruit notes. There's form thanks to a buried alder note, along with sweet tobacco and iron accents on the finish. A strong showing. Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, Cabernet Franc and Petit Verdot. Best from 2024 through 2036. 10,000 cases made, 2,400 cases imported.
Der Chateau Smith Haut Lafitte 2019 rouge Pessac Leognan am Gaumen der Falstaff-Verköstiger:
Tiefdunkles Rubingranat, violette Reflexe, zarte Randaufhellung. Mit Orangenzesten unterlegte feines schwarzes Beerenkonfit, dunkle Kirschen, einladende Edelholznoten, Cassis und Lakritze klingen an. Am Gaumen kraftvoll, Brombeeren, schwarze Kirschen, feine Säurestruktur, präsente, gut eingebundene Tannine, die dennoch noch etwas Zeit benötigen, mineralisch, feiner Nougat, ein wahrer Vin de Garde, die süße Frucht im Kern wird noch vom Tannin abgedeckt, sicheres Entwicklungspotenzial.
William Kelley im April 2022:
The 2019 Smith Haut Lafitte has turned out very well indeed, unwinding in the glass with a complex bouquet of dark berries, cassis, forest floor, pencil shavings, licorice and spices. Full-bodied, broad and velvety, it's layered and elegantly muscular, underpinned by rich structuring tannins and lively acids, and it concludes with a long, expansive finish. This is another estate where the viticultural and stylistic evolutions of the last decade have delivered a beautifully balanced, harmonious 2019.
