Our Wines & Spirits

Robert Parker: The 1999 Lafite Rothschild sports an engraved "1999"on the bottle along with an eclipse to mark that significanthistorical event of August, 1999. It is a quintessential offeringfrom Lafite Rothschild. This prodigious wine is both elegant andintensely flavored, and almost diaphanous in its layers that unfoldwith no heaviness. An opaque ruby/purple color is accompanied by acomplex bouquet of lead pencil, graphite, cedar, creme de cassis,toast, and vanilla. It is medium-bodied, with extravagant layers ofrichness yet little weight, and a finish that is all sweetness,ripeness, and harmony. This extraordinary Lafite increasinglyappears to be a modern day clone of the majestic 1953. A mereone-third of the crop made it into the grand vin!