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James Suckling: "Extremely perfumed with sweet tobacco and blackcurrants as well as cedar and dark chocolate. Aromatic. Medium-bodied with an intense center palate of blackcurrant, orange peel and peaches. Nervy. 53% cabernet sauvignon, 40% merlot, 4% cabernet franc and 3% petit verdot."
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Falstaff: "Tiefdunkles Rubingranat, opaker Kern, violette Reflexe, zarte Randaufhellung. Zart floral unterlegte schwarze Waldbeerfrucht, Lakritze, Brombeeren, Mandarinenzesten, ein Hauch von Edelholz. Straff, engmaschig, reife Kirschen, lebendiger Säurebogen, finessenreich und lange anhaltend, schokoladiger Touch ohne jede Opulenz, verfügt über Länge und Zukunft, kann aber sicher recht früh angetrunken werden."
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Weinwisser: "Delikates Bouquet, frischer Schattenmorellensaft, zartes Veilchenparfüm, erkalteter Hagebuttentee und heller Tabak. Am straff ausgerichteten, komplexen Gaumen mit seidiger Textur, perfekt stützender Rasse, edlem mineralischen Kern und trainiertem Körper. Im konzentrierten, langanhaltenden Finale pure rote Kirschfrucht, Estragon, dunkle Mineralik und erhabene Adstringenz. 2029 – 2048."
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Jeb Dunnuck: "The second wine of Lafite checks in as 53% Cabernet Sauvignon, 40% Merlot, 4% Cabernet Franc, and 3% Petit Verdot. This smoking good second wine has more than a little Lafite character and offers ample red and black fruits, notes of tobacco, graphite, and leafy herbs, medium to full-bodied richness, silky, polished tannins, and a great finish. As with the Grand Vin, it's concentrated, powerful, and flawlessly balanced."
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The Wine Cellar Insider: "Once past all its florality, the wine moves to its red, and black fruit side. With a racy, freshness, the palate offers sweet, ripe, berries, lift, energy, purity and elegance. The finish is where its racy edge shines most with all of its layers of black currants, black plums, spice and flowers. The wine is a blend of 53% Cabernet Sauvignon, 40% Merlot, 4% Cabernet Franc, and 3% Petit Verdot. 13.7% ABV, 3.7 pH. The wine consists of roughly 35% of the harvest. Drink from 2026-2042."
