Descripción

Un icono de Burdeos proveniente de uno de los châteaux más importantes de la región y de toda Francia. Maduro, potente, concentrado, con una densidad pura y un estilo majestuoso revestido de perfumadas frutas negras, notas de grafito y flores, vuelve a ser uno de los grandes valores de Pessac-Léognan.

Ficha técnica

La bodega
Château Smith Haut Lafitte
Tipo
Tinto
Añada
2023
Grado
14.0% vol.
Variedad
64% Cabernet sauvignon, 32% Merlot, 3% Cabernet franc, 1% Petit verdot
Origen
Pessac-Léognan
Certificación
EU Organic Bio

Cata

Temperatura de servicio
Se recomienda servir a 16 °C.

Viñedo y elaboración

Nombre
Château Smith Haut Lafitte
Descripción
Viñedos con certificación orgánica.
Superficie
78 hectáreas.
Edad
Cepas de una media de 48 años.
Suelo
Gravas.
Rendimiento
26 hectolitros por hectárea.
Vinificación
Con el 30% de los racimos enteros aproximadamente.
Envejecimiento
Unos 18 meses de crianza en barricas de roble francés, parcialmente nuevas.

Opinión de los críticos

James Suckling:

This shows currant, tobacco and hazelnut aromas that follow through to a medium body with crunchy character and open-grain tannins that are velvety and so attractive. Graceful, friendly, crunchy and beautiful. The highest percentage ever of cabernet sauvignon in this wine. 70% cabernet sauvignon, 23% merlot, 6% cabernet franc and 1% petit verdot. From biodynamically grown grapes. Best after 2028.

Wine Enthusiast:

95-97. Barrel Sample. With a much higher percentage of Cabernet Sauvignon than usual, because of problems with Merlot during the growing season, this is a rich wine with spice and dark-fruit aromas. It has a ripe character with swathes of pure black fruits. The wine is structured with a fine potential.

The Wine Advocate:

Confirming the impression it conveyed en primeur, the 2023 Smith Haut Lafitte is a superb effort, offering aromas of licorice, spices, dark berries, rose petals and clove. Medium- to full-bodied, dense and architecturally structured, it is built around a fleshy, concentrated core of fruit, supported by abundant, seamlessly integrated tannins, culminating in a long, mineral and penetrating finish. The decision to extend macerations—favoring gentle, prolonged extraction over short, forceful cuvaison—has endowed the wine with both textural refinement and the structural reserves to reward long cellaring.