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Château Lafite-Rothschild 1985 1er Cru Classé, Pauillac AC, MC

Land: Frankreich
Region: Bordeaux
Produzent/Appellation: Pauillac
Weintyp: Rotweine
Jahrgang: 1985
Inhalt: 75 cl
Bio/Biodynamisch: Nein

90

Stephen Tanzer

Vinous

Medium red. Rather unforthcoming nose hints at redcurrant and cedar, along with a faint herbaceousness. Strong in extract and high in acidity, but today the wine flesh and fruit are dominated by its structure and grip. A marginally disappointing showing for Lafite, in which herbaceous hints and lack of flesh give the wine a slightly disjointed character. I would like to have found greater mid-palate verve. Drink now through 2012.


90

Robert M. Parker, Jr.

Robert Parker/Wine Advocate

The 1985 Lafite is revealing more class and complexity than I predicted. A moderately intense, cedary, woody, herb and berry-scented bouquet is attractive. The wine is open-knit and ripe, with fine tannins, sweet, medium-bodied, mineral, and cassis-scented flavors, fine depth, and a graceful, harmonious feel. It is beginning to blossom and appears to possess more depth and character than I had thought. Anticipated maturity: 1995-2010. Last tasted, 6/93.