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This smells like a bouquet of flowers with blueberries and currants and spices. Full body, yet agile and refined. So fine and pretty. It's balanced and in harmony. Savory. A smoky, decadent and meat undertone.
92-94 Rich and silky wine with the acidity of the vintage. The wine is soft, very ripe, opulent in character, with great Cabernet Franc perfumes.
Drinking Window: 2017 - 2033
Review Date: 25th June 2011
Deep garnet colored, the 2010 Carruades de Lafite charges out of the gate with bold scents of baked plums and boysenberries followed by hints of menthol, tobacco leaf, cloves and smoked meats. Medium to full-bodied, the palate delivers a well-poised frame of ripe, grainy tannins and seamless freshness supporting the savory flavors, finishing with a spicy kick.
Drinking Window: 2020 - 2040
Reviewer Name: Lisa Perrotti-Brown
Review Date: 5th March 2020
Deep ruby. Perfumed aromas of cassis, violet and graphite minerality. Pure, very fresh dark berry and mineral flavors carry through the long, refined, almost dainty finish. The tannins are impressively silky for a second wine, but this nonetheless shows a hint of astringency at the back, which may be resolved with time in bottle.
Reviewer Name: Stephen Tanzer
Review Date: 1st July 2013
(50% cabernet sauvignon, 42.5% merlot, 5.1% cabernet franc and 2.4% petit verdot) Deep ruby-purple. Highly perfumed, enticing nose offers spicy blackcurrant, violet and minerals. Fresh and sweet in the mouth, with almost syrupy blackberry, plum and saline flavors showing plenty of flesh without any undue heaviness. Nice floral persistence on the slightly simple, sweet, very accessible finish. Though the tannins are youthfully chewy, there is none of the astringency displayed by many merlot-rich 2010 wines. When I mentioned to technical director Charles Chevalier that I loved this wine's dainty, smooth personality, he pointed out that most of the grapes used to make Carruades come from vines planted on soils with a higher percentage of clay, which partly explains why this merlot-rich wine doesn't show astringent tannins.
Reviewer Name: Ian d'Agata
Review Date: 1st May 2011
The 2010 Carruades de Lafite has a slightly muddled, oxidative nose. The palate is medium-bodied with supple tannins, fleshy red berry fruit, lighter than its peers with just a little dryness towards the bottle. Not sure how representative this bottle is. Faulty? Tasted blind at Farr Vintners 10-Year On Bordeaux horizontal.
Reviewer Name: Neal Martin
Review Date: 1st April 2020
