2009 Smith Haut Lafitte Pessac Leognan

100 pts - Wine Advocate

["The finest wine ever made by proprietors Daniel and Florence Cathiard, the 2009 Smith-Haut-Lafitte exhibits an opaque blue/purple color in addition to a glorious nose of acacia flowers, licorice, charcoal, blueberries, black raspberries, lead pencil sha

96 pts - Wine Spectator

["This is really loaded, with crushed plum, blueberry, cassis, fig and blackberry paste flavors all melded together, along with notes of tar, pastis and violet. Very long and dark, but polished and pure, with terrific fruit offset by a great tug of earth

94 pts - Vinous

["Good bright red-ruby. Enticing aromas of blueberry, flowers, graphite and charred, nutty oak, plus a sexy suggestion of floral white fruit. Like liquid silk on entry, then concentrated and lush in the middle, with red plum, tobacco and mineral flavors g

Producer: Smith Haut Lafitte
Vintage: 2009
Varietal: Red Blend
Country: France
Region: Bordeaux
Sub-Region: Pessac Leognan
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