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Château Lafite-Rothschild--Vintage 1990
Pauillac, 1er cru classé
Tasting Note: Despite its deceptively purple hue, surprisingly soft and easy though I much preferred the '89 alongside (at the château, April 1991). This attractive, easy, fragrant style noted again at the MW tasting of '90s in November 1994. A high vote for elegance but low for power at Eigensatz's amazing blind tasting of 144 of the very best 1990 reds from around the world. Lafite's fragrance seemed to be self-generating, its fleshy ripeness exemplified by a magnum produced, not for the first time, at one of Rodenstock's annual wine weekends (1998). The Penning-Roswell '10-year' first growth tasting was much looked forward to by Jancis Robinson and me. We were not disappointed. All the wines were within a point or so, Lafite level pegging with Margaux and Latour. The Lafite was still fairly deep, plumy coloured but maturing; bouquet evolving well; soft, fleshy, good length; complete - all that was needed was time, more bottle age. M.B.
12 bottles per lot
Pauillac, 1er cru classé
Tasting Note: Despite its deceptively purple hue, surprisingly soft and easy though I much preferred the '89 alongside (at the château, April 1991). This attractive, easy, fragrant style noted again at the MW tasting of '90s in November 1994. A high vote for elegance but low for power at Eigensatz's amazing blind tasting of 144 of the very best 1990 reds from around the world. Lafite's fragrance seemed to be self-generating, its fleshy ripeness exemplified by a magnum produced, not for the first time, at one of Rodenstock's annual wine weekends (1998). The Penning-Roswell '10-year' first growth tasting was much looked forward to by Jancis Robinson and me. We were not disappointed. All the wines were within a point or so, Lafite level pegging with Margaux and Latour. The Lafite was still fairly deep, plumy coloured but maturing; bouquet evolving well; soft, fleshy, good length; complete - all that was needed was time, more bottle age. M.B.
12 bottles per lot
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