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Blend: 94% Cabernet Sauvignon, 5% Merlot, 1% Petit Verdot
100 Points - Robert Parker's Wine Advocate
One of the most fantastic wines produced in Bordeaux this year is the 2019 Lafite Rothschild, an impeccably balanced classic of immense charm and grace. Wafting from the glass with arresting aromas of cassis, blackberries and cherries mingled with violets, cigar box and warm spices, it's medium to full-bodied, deep and seamless, its velvety attack segueing into a layered, concentrated mid-palate framed by exquisitely powdery tannins and ripe acids, and concluding with a long, perfumed finish. This rivals 2010 and 2016 as the greatest Lafite of the decade, and of those three vintages, it's the most sensual and demonstrative out of the gates. The blend contains 94% Cabernet Sauvignon and attained a modest 13.4% alcohol. Best After 2029
100 Points - Jeb Dunnuck
A truly great Lafite, and maybe the wine of the vintage, the 2019 Château Lafite-Rothschild reveals a deep purple colour as well as an ultra-classic bouquet of crème de cassis, lead pencil, unsmoked tobacco, chocolate, and gravelly minerality. Deep, full-bodied, and flawlessly balanced, it's a magical, heavenly bottle of wine that's going to be approachable with just 5-6 years of bottle age yet evolve for 100 years or more. It reminds me of 2016, only with a touch more sexiness and opulence.
100 Points - James Suckling
Complex aromas of blackcurrants and lead pencil. Incredible. Graphite and tar. Stunning. It's full-bodied yet shows such harmony and polish. Elegance and complexity with finesse. The tannins are so integrated and endless. It goes on for minutes. 94% cabernet sauvignon, 5% merlot and 1% petit verdot.
98 Points - Decanter
Performs the trick of being immediately succulent and mouthwatering while simultaneously revving up and building power through the palate. You're getting sapidity and savoury black fruits that are both elegant and full of power. The spicy rosemary and black pepper, with slate-textured minerality, is almost unnoticeable until it closes in on the final stretch, helping to stretch things out, beat by beat, adding energy and lift. One-half of the 5% Merlot in this blend is from plots that have never before been used in Lafite's 1st wine because their drone and satellite research discovered three tiny areas that were similar in character and could be vinified together. They have worked on this for the past three years, successfully so for the first time in 2019. It just holds on tight, with a creaminess that you don't always find in Lafite at this early stage.
98 Points - Wine Spectator
A very energetic wine, with wild loganberry, mulberry and black currant fruit flavours that bristle with mouthwatering bay leaf, licorice root and savoury notes. The finish is tight now, with charcoal shadings and a smouldering cast iron note, but it has additional black tea, incense and floral hints for contrast. Dense and driven, with more than enough elements to match its energy, meaning this can cruise in the cellar for a long time. Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot and Petit Verdot. Best from 2026
98 Points - Vinous
The 2019 Lafite-Rothschild screams Cabernet Sauvignon on the nose of intense black fruit, graphite and subtle minty aromas, supremely well-defined and revealing a hint of star anise with aeration. The medium-bodied palate is beautifully balanced, offering sappy black fruit, black pepper, graphite and just a touch of spice. This has more body, maybe even a touch more sinew than recent vintages, perhaps because of the reconfiguration of the Merlot parcels (see my note en primeur). Very persistent and almost uncharacteristically grippy on the finish, this is a gifted Lafite-Rothschild that will last 50+ years. It will certainly surpass the 2018 with continued bottle age.
