Carruades de Lafite 1997

Tasting notes

"The 1997 Carruades de Lafite includes 40% Merlot, resulting in a floral, opulent, rich, round effort. This offering is meant to be drunk young, but will last for another 10 years."

Source: Robert Parker

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The bouquet of Lafite wines is very suave and of incomparable delicacy; its savor brings together at the same time the taste of almonds and the scent of violets without it being possible to distinguish whether the one dominates the other.

Château Lafite Rothschild also produces a second label called Carruades de Lafite.

Production 210'000 bottles ;

Surface 100 ha ;

Plantation density : 7'000 vines/ha;

Age of the vine : 45 years;

Soil and subsoil : gravel;

Second wine : Carruades de Lafite;

Wine variety 70% cabernet sauvignon, 25% merlot, 3% cabernet franc, 2 % petit verdot;

Best vintages 2010, 2009, 2008, 2003, 2000, 1996, 1986, 1982, 1959, 1953, 1865.

Data sheet

  • Color red
  • Country Bordeaux
  • Appellation Pauillac
  • Classement Second wine
  • Vintage 1997
  • Rating Robert Parker : 88 / 100
  • Peak: At maturity (should be drunk within a few years)
  • Size Bottle (0.75 l)

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