Lafite Rothschild: Chateau Lafite Rothschild 1er Cru 2024

Chateau Lafite Rothschild 1er Cru 2024

Til vinbonden

96–98
100
2
Cabernet Sauvignon 96%, Merlot 3%, Petit Verdot 1%
5
rød, tør
13,0% Vol.
Modenhed til at drikke: 2030–2054
Pakket ind i: 3-delt OHK
9
voluminøs og kraftfuld
rig på tanniner
3
Lobenberg: 96–98/100
Suckling: 96–97/100
Decanter: 96/20
Neal Martin: 95–97/100
Galloni: 94–96/100
6
Frankrig, Bordeaux, Pauillac
7
Allergener: Sulfitter,
lobenberg

Heiner Lobenberg om:
Chateau Lafite Rothschild 1er Cru 2024

96–98
/100

96 procent Cabernet Sauvignon, tre procent Merlot og en procent Petit Verdot. Mørk rubinrød med sortblå refleksioner. Som altid ren Cabernet i næsen med solbær, cassis, lidt surkirsebær og let lakrids. Mineralitet fra salt plus vilde hindbær, men meget oven på ribs og cassis. Typisk Lafite og Cabernet. Total Cabernet i munden også. Så meget solbær, at det dominerer alt! Surkirsebær, så cassis og hindbærlignende brombær. En utrolig mængde salt - syngende og levende, viser en masse race. God længde, stor elegance, men også med en tannisk skarphed og en lidt aggressiv tanninstruktur. Dette er et rigtigt fyrværkeri og en meget typisk Lafite i denne hurtige, maskuline stil. Lang og uendelig. Og dødsmart i smagen, lettere, men fascinerende god! *** Lafite Rothschild har 100 hektar og producerer 240.000 flasker Grand Vin og 240.000 flasker andenvin hvert år. Vinstokkenes gennemsnitsalder er over 35 år, og druerne høstes med håndkraft, hvoraf nogle udvælges i vinmarken. Vinificeringen foregår i 18 til 25 dage i temperaturkontrollerede rustfri ståltanke og i træfade ved en maksimal temperatur på 30°C. Vinen gennemgår malolaktisk gæring i tanken. Vinen modnes i 20 måneder på nye egetræsfade.

96–97
/100

Suckling om: Chateau Lafite Rothschild 1er Cru

A more Burgundian vintage for Lafite, with cedar, graphite, paprika, white pepper and fresh red fruit. Nuanced and refined, with a medium body and understated fruit. Intensity and concentration. It shows the Lafite hallmark of elegance, with more fluidity and crunch this year. Very long and delicate. 96% cabernet sauvignon, 3% merlot and 1% petit verdot.

96
/20

Decanter om: Chateau Lafite Rothschild 1er Cru

Fragranced red berries and purple flowers. Vivid purple colour in the glass. Supple and generous, this has a punch of plum and cranberry fruit straight away, zingy and lively but wonderfully textured too. Chalky, a little bitter, but soft and long. Juicy but more high toned and sleek, tension is there in the live wire nature of the wine. Bright, focussed, not so calm - more energy to the fore with prominent tannins but a lovely weight and plenty of fruit flavour! A vintage where Lafite excels once again. 16% press. 3.75pH. A yield of 32hl/ha.

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95–97
/100

Neal Martin om: Chateau Lafite Rothschild 1er Cru

According to Technical Director Eric Kohler, the 2024 Lafite-Rothschild was picked from September 23 to October 7 and underwent a short vinification—less than three weeks—plus a gentle extraction. The blend includes 16% vin de presse. It has an understated and typical Lafite nose with crushed stone infusing the black fruit, black olive tapenade and marine scents. It comes across as statesmanlike, which is just how you want your First Growth, even in a tricky vintage like this. The palate is medium-bodied with fresh saline notes on the entry. Tensile from the start, this has very impressive focus and is a tad more peppery than previous vintages. This is an assured Lafite-Rothschild with a very seaweed/Japanese wakame-tinged finish. Very promising and one of the very few "cerebral" Left Bank wines in 2024.

94–96
/100

Galloni om: Chateau Lafite Rothschild 1er Cru

The 2024 Lafite-Rothschild is a sensual, elegant wine very much in the style of the year. Plush and enveloping, with lovely forward fruit, the 2024 is very Lafite, perhaps a bit reticent, but super-expressive just the same. Black cherry, pomegranate, blood orange and a kiss of espresso all build in the glass, framed by quintessentially finessed Lafite tannins. The 2024 is sublime. I expect it will be one of the to be one of the top wines in the Médoc when all is said and done.

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Chateau Lafite Rothschild 1er Cru 2024