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Chateau Smith Haut Lafitte Pessac-Leognan 2019 750ml

Name: Chateau Smith Haut Lafitte Pessac-Leognan 2019 750ml
Brand: Fruit of the Vines, Inc.
SKU: 3438081119019
Price: 157.99 USD
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Château Smith Haut Lafitte is a Cru Classé de Graves in Pessac-Léognan, owned by Daniel and Florence Cathiard. The estate is a single 80-hectare block with its own cooperage since 1993.

2019 was the final year of a three-year organic conversion, and the estate is certified organic from this vintage. The red grand vin is 59% Cabernet Sauvignon, 36% Merlot, 4% Cabernet Franc and 1% Petit Verdot from vines averaging 48 years. It was fermented as whole berries in small wooden vats, then aged 18 months on lees in barrel, 60% new.

Winemaker Fabien Teitgen describes a nearly black wine with fresh red fruit, spice, herbs and floral hints, a concentrated, generous palate with firm but smooth tannins, and a long finish of liquorice, cinnamon, smoke and flint.

Against Château Haut-Bailly 2020, Smith Haut Lafitte 2019 is the organic-certified, Cabernet-led choice; for a Pessac-Léognan with a year more in bottle, choose Smith Haut Lafitte.

James Suckling suggests drinking it after 2028, and Decanter gives 2029 to 2050. Decant it well ahead.

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Product Detail

Varietal: Red

Grape Variety: Cabernet Sauvignon

Wine Body: Full-Bodied

Appellation: Pessac-Leognan

Brand: Chateau Smith Haut Lafitte

Size: 750 mL

Vintage: 2,019

Country: France

Region: Bordeaux

Sub Region: Left Bank

Alcohol Percentage: 13.5

Awards

99.0 James Suckling
"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."

98.0 Jeb Dunnuck
"Reminding me a little of the 2009, the 2019 Château Smith Haut Lafitte has a rich, powerful style in its cassis, blueberry, and black raspberry fruit as well as its chalky minerality, smoked earth, tobacco, and lead pencil shaving-like aromas and flavors. A blend of 59% Cabernet Sauvignon, 36% Merlot, 4% Cabernet Franc, and the rest Petit Verdot, this rich, unctuously textured beauty has terrific concentration, sweet tannins, and the vintage's hallmark elegance and finesse. One of the most concentrated, powerful wines in the vintage, it needs 4-5 years of bottle age (or a healthy decant) and will evolve for 30+ years if stored properly. Not enough can be said about what proprietors Daniel and Florence Cathiard, as well as winemaker Fabien Teitgen, continue to achieve at this estate. Best After 2026"

95.0 Wine Spectator
"A broad, rich and caressing wine"