France

Pauillac

Full

Cork

This has rich fruit notes with exotic spices, a silky texture and a seductive approachability that clearly translates the higher than usual amount of Merlot in the blend this year, as with Petit Mouton. It’s a  wine that is bound to make a lot of people happy but also means that whereas Lafite is archetypal Lafite, this is perhaps a less classic Carruades.

It still has the tannins of Pauillac, and as so often is the case this year the first time you taste feels easy then they steal up on you and start to layer but this is flexible and approachable, with a menthol finish.

Carruades is continuing to benefit from the techniques brought to it under in-house R&D technician Manuela Brando which include honing vineyard mapping, detailing smaller plots and tracking vine vigour, all of which are particularly useful since Carruades' soils are less consistent than those of the main wine. 39% of production.

Cabernet Franc

Cabernet Sauvignon

Merlot

Château Lafite Rothschild, Carruades de Lafite, Pauillac, Bordeaux, France, 2018

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This has rich fruit notes with exotic spices, a silky texture and a seductive approachability that clearly translates the higher

Oaked

Château Lafite Rothschild, Carruades de Lafite, Pauillac, Bordeaux, France 2018

Château Lafite Rothschild, Carruades de Lafite, Pauillac, Bordeaux, France 2018

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