2024, Château Lafite-Rothschild, PAUILLAC, 1er Grand Cru Classé

Last year EP $868.00-

Bordeaux Blend: Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, Petit Verdot.

Lafite is one of the greatest wines of Bordeaux. It was one of the four châteaux originally classed as "First Growths" in 1855 and has been owned by the Rothschild dynasty since 1868. The vineyards are situated in the Northern sector of Pauillac near to Saint Estèphe. 2024 is a blend of 96% Cabernet Sauvignon, 3% Merlot and 1% Petit Verdot. 

This is a triumphant expression of Lafite in an extremely gruelling year. Alluring aromatics of cassis, graphite and violets, which are more expressive at this stage than usual; sensual fine-grained tannins and a long, persistent finish. The wine is layered , complex and poised - serious without a sense of heaviness, rather a lightness that is coupled with an intensity that enables the flavours to linger on the palate. This is a wine of harmony, elegance and great articulation - it is undeniably Lafite. That is why Lafite is my wine of the vintage. 2034-2054.
97 Jeannie Cho Lee MW.

Mid-deep ruby. A cool, sophisticated and unforced nose that reveals layers of graphite, cedar, blackcurrant and dried mint. The palate is tensile, with supple and silky fruit that drives everything forward. This is a wine with excellent focus, laced with bright and fine tannins. A silken, athletic wine of real pedigree and finesse. Delicate but not light, this has ethereal sweetness and superb balance.
94-97 Thomas Parker MW, Farr Vintners

Rich texture, this stands head and shoulders above many in the vintage, with graphite, crayon, cassis bud rather than exuberant black fruits, this is precise, savoury, delineated, floral, gun-smoke, juicy, captures the effortless elegance that Lafite does so so well, and it totally delivers. Harvest 23 September to 7 October, 32hl/h yield, above the Pauillac average. I am giving a slightly earlier begin drinking date, but I am certain this will age exceptionally well as Lafite always does. Slightly earlier starting date for drinking than usual, eight years following harvest. 2032-2050
95 Jane Anson, Inside Bordeaux.

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. 2034-2064.
94-96 Antonio Galloni, Vinous.