1999 Chateau Lafite Rothschild [WA95][D94][V92]

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1999 Chateau Lafite Rothschild [WA95][D94][V92]Producer: Chateau Lafite Rothschild Region: Pauillac, Bordeaux, France Blend: 74% Cabernet Sauvignon, 18. 5% Merlot, 6% Cabernet Franc, and 1. 5% Petit Verdot Year: 1999 Wine Advocate, 95 Points "The 1999 Lafite Rothschild sports an engraved "1999" on the bottle along with an eclipse to mark that significant historical event of August, 1999. It is a quintessential offering from Lafite Rothschild. This prodigious wine is both elegant and intensely

Carol Shelton was among the first women to graduate from UC Davis with a degree in enology

Its aromatic profile is intricate

Mouth filling flavors of fresh green lime and pineapple sorbet that accentuates a zesty acid backbone

front-loaded wines in the range

"Flowery with aniseed and licorice

with its ripe fruit holding on underneath

From there

a natural insect predator

and a cloud of spices

It's a blend of 50% Cabernet Sauvignon

with perhaps a little more Merlot evident

Nose: "Rich and weighty with heady and smoky aromatics