Our Wines & Spirits

Lisa Perrotti-Brown: The 2018 Lafite Rothschild is blended of 91%Cabernet Sauvignon, 8.5% Merlot and 0.5% Petit Verdot and has 13.3%alcohol. The Merlot was harvested September 17-24, the CabernetSauvignon was harvested September 25 to October 5, and the CabernetFranc was harvested on September 24. It has a deep purple-blackcolor and then WOW—- what a nose. It comes sashaying out of theglass with bags of grace and perfume, revealing notions of lilacs,red roses, fragrant soil, cinnamon stick and Morello cherries witha core of blackcurrant cordial, fresh black plums, redcurrant jellyand tapenade plus a waft of iron ore. Medium-bodied, the palate haswonderful, tightly wound layers of black, red and blue fruitsintermingled with floral, earth and mineral notions and arock-solid frame of the most finely pixelated tannins you canpossibly imagine. Anyone who wants to see what I mean when I babbleabout the Lafite tannins needs to try this benchmark. The finishgoes on, and on, and on. If this wine doesn’t get Bordeaux lovershearts' racing, nothing will.