Château Lafite 2009 (12 BT)

Château Lafite 2009

Pauillac, 1er Cru Classé

Case banded

82.5% Cabernet Sauvignon, 17% Merlot, 0.5% Petit Verdot. This has such a concentrated, classy nose, huge, but with great natural balance. There is real cassis there. Great, irony wine, the result of the small, concentrated Cabernet Sauvignon berries. Combines being soft and yet so dense and thick. The tannins are hidden under the richness and polish. Fabulous blackberry fruit. Will last a century and it will always be sensually sweet. Endless and eternal. Serena Sutcliffe, MW

WA 99+

 12 bts (owc)

Provenance:

From the collection of a true Francophile having spent 30 years living in France and buying wine upon release directly from the chateaux. this relationship continued when they returned to the UK with the Bordeaux represented here going directly from the chateaux to the vendor's temperature controlled cellar

LYING IN GREENFORD, MIDDLESEX Offered Duty Paid only

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