Description

Une icône bordelaise provenant de l'un des châteaux les plus importants de la région et de toute la France. Mûr, puissant, concentré, avec une densité pure et un style majestueux enveloppé de fruits noirs parfumés, de notes de graphite et de fleurs, il redevient l'un des grands atouts de Pessac-Léognan.

Fiche technique

Le domaine
Château Smith Haut Lafitte
Type de vin
Rouge
Millésime
2023
Alcool
14.0% vol.
Cépage
64% Cabernet sauvignon, 32% Merlot, 3% Cabernet franc, 1% Petit verdot
Origine
Pessac-Léognan
Certifications
EU Organic Bio

Dégustation

Température de service
Il est recommandé de le servir à une température de 16 °C.

Vignoble et élaboration

Nom
Château Smith Haut Lafitte
Description
Vignobles certifiés biologiques.
Size
78 hectares.
Année de plantation
Cépages d'une moyenne d'âge de 48 ans.
Sol
Gravier.
Rendement
26 hectolitres par hectare.
Vinification
Avec environ 30 % des grappes entières.
Elevage
Environ 18 mois d'élevage en futs de chêne français, partiellement neufs.

L'avis des experts

James Suckling:

This shows currant, tobacco and hazelnut aromas that follow through to a medium body with crunchy character and open-grain tannins that are velvety and so attractive. Graceful, friendly, crunchy and beautiful. The highest percentage ever of cabernet sauvignon in this wine. 70% cabernet sauvignon, 23% merlot, 6% cabernet franc and 1% petit verdot. From biodynamically grown grapes. Best after 2028.

Wine Enthusiast:

95-97. Barrel Sample. With a much higher percentage of Cabernet Sauvignon than usual, because of problems with Merlot during the growing season, this is a rich wine with spice and dark-fruit aromas. It has a ripe character with swathes of pure black fruits. The wine is structured with a fine potential.

The Wine Advocate:

Confirming the impression it conveyed en primeur, the 2023 Smith Haut Lafitte is a superb effort, offering aromas of licorice, spices, dark berries, rose petals and clove. Medium- to full-bodied, dense and architecturally structured, it is built around a fleshy, concentrated core of fruit, supported by abundant, seamlessly integrated tannins, culminating in a long, mineral and penetrating finish. The decision to extend macerations—favoring gentle, prolonged extraction over short, forceful cuvaison—has endowed the wine with both textural refinement and the structural reserves to reward long cellaring.