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Chateau Lafite-Rothschild2008

RED WINE

PUBLIC
April 2025
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Chateau Lafite-Rothschild label
  • Producer Grand Cru Classe Bordeaux
  • Country France
  • Region Bordeaux
  • Appellation Pauillac
  • UPC 0 15643 68356 5

Reviews

James Suckling 95

Minerals, tar and sous bois with dark fruit. Sweet tobacco. Black licorice. Full and chewy with lots of fruit but very reserved. So much mineral and sweet tobacco. It is all there.

by JS, James Suckling , 2010

Wine Enthusiast 97

Elegance in a glass, this is very upright in structure with enticing acidity and black berry fruits. It has weight as well as richness. No question about the aging potential of this superb wine.

by RV, Wine Enthusiast , 2011

Wine Spectator 92

Supple and harmonious already, with inviting, almost plush blackberry, plum and fig fruit notes carried by fine-grained, lightly cedary structure. Black tea and sandalwood flash on the finish. Poised now, but has the stuffing for more time in bottle.

by JM, Wine Spectator , 2011

Wine Advocate 98

A candidate for the -wine of the vintage,- the 2008 should have been purchased before it began to soar in value because of the significance of the number 8 in the Chinese culture (denoting good luck). Representing 40% of the production, this blend of 83% Cabernet Sauvignon, 13% Merlot and 4% Cabernet Franc offers aromas of high quality unsmoked cigar tobacco, lead pencil shavings, creme de cassis, earth, cedar and asphalt. Full, rich and stunningly concentrated, I doubt it is inferior to the 2010, just more classic as well as slightly more forward and a degree weaker in alcoholic potency (12.5% versus 13.5%).

by RP, Wine Advocate , 2011