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Chateau Lafite Rothschild 1971 Wine Review

Chateau Lafite Rothschild 1971

Chateau Lafite Rothschild 1971

Bordeaux, France

Community Score:94/100

Community Reviews: 1

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Price: $1036.00

Drink: 2022-2035

Alcohol: 12%

Sweetness: Extra Dry

Wine Type: Red Wine


Reviews and Ratings

Alex & Priya - Certified Sommelier rated this wine as 94/100 with the following review:

What a brilliant nose! Sweet and perfumed with nuances of red currant jelly, cigar pencil and potpourri, pine needle and cassis. Kaleidoscopic complexity. So silky on palate, the red currant jelly throughout shaded by musk and truffle, so graceful and aristocratic. Excellent acidity keeping this beauty together and the tannins are now fully resolved. No point in keeping for longer.

This was drinking the best tonight, from apparently a "throwaway" vintage. It's also the least expensive of the 8 to buy today. Go figure, huh? 94 pts. Chateau Lafite Vertical 2015.

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