Product Description
Smith Haut Lafitte Grand Cru Classé grows on gravelly soils in Pessac-Leognan and is planted with 64% Cabernet Sauvignon, 30% Merlot, 5% Cabernet Franc, and 1% Petit Verdot.
Tasting Notes
Vinous 94
The 2009 Smith Haut-Lafitte has a very perfumed, quite floral bouquet with violets permeating the black and red fruit, hints of game and leather developing with aeration. The palate is medium-bodied with supple tannin. Touches of brown spice filter through the red fruit and towards a fleshy and lightly peppered finish. This is a classy Pessac-Leognan from the Cathiard’s…though, the 2016 is better! Tasted blind at Farr Vintners 2009 Bordeaux tasting.
Anticipated maturity: 2020-2050
Robert Parker 94
Served blind at the Southwold 2009 tasting. The Smith Haut Lafitte ’09 offered one of the comeliest bouquets in the blind flight of Pessac-Leognan wines: more restrained but showing brilliant delineation and clarity: undergrowth, cigar box and touches of incense infusing the black fruit. The palate is medium-bodied with grippy tannins. This is an assertive wine determined to make an impression, with a bold multi-layered finish that suggest it will need at least a decade ageing. Tasted January 2013.
Producer Profile
Area under vines: 78 hectares
Soils: Gravelly soil from the Gunzian
Average age of the vines: 38 years
Planting density: 7500 to 10 000 vines/ha
Production: 120 000 bottles a year for red wine. 38 000 bottles of white.
Ageing: in 60% new oak barrels for 18 to 20 months
Grape varieties:
- Cabernet Sauvignon 60%
- Merlot 30%
- Cabernet Franc 9%
- Petit Verdot 1%
The Chateau makes two other wines:
- Les Hauts de Smith :
- Grape varieties:
- Merlot 55%
- Cabernet Sauvignon 45%
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Grape varieties:
- Cabernet Sauvignon 55%
- Merlot 45%
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