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2020 Château Smith Haut Lafitte, Pessac-Léognan, Bordeaux

  • Red
  • Dry
  • Full Bodied
  • Cabernet Sauvignon (65%), Merlot (30%), Cabernet Franc (4%), Petit Verdot (1%)
Not ready
Product: 20208011879
2020 Château Smith Haut Lafitte, Pessac-Léognan, Bordeaux

Description

Cabernet Sauvignon 65%, Merlot 30%, Cabernet Franc 4%, Petit Verdot 1%

Certified organic since 2019, the estate is now farmed 75% biodynamically; full conversion is expected in the next 12 months. These, and the estate’s other environmental commitments, contribute to the château’s supple and expressive style. There is no sense of the year’s heat; the fresh aromas and flavours are of blueberry, Victoria plum and sloe. The palate is silky smooth across very precise tannins. This is a moreish, eloquent and confident wine. Technical director Fabien Teitgen considers it probably the best of the last three vintages.

Drink 2025-2038

Colour Red
Sweetness Dry
Vintage 2020
Maturity Not ready
Grape List Cabernet Sauvignon (65%), Merlot (30%), Cabernet Franc (4%), Petit Verdot (1%)
Body Full Bodied
Producer Château Smith Haut Lafitte

About this wine

Cabernet Sauvignon

The most famous red wine grape in the world and one of the most widely planted.
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Pessac-Léognan

Pessac-Léognan

In 1986 a new communal district was created within Graves, based on the districts of Pessac and Léognan. Pessac-Léognan has the best soils of the region, very similar to those of the Médoc, although the depth of gravel is more variable, and contains all the classed growths of the region. Some of its great names, including Ch. Haut-Brion, even sit serenely and resolutely in Bordeaux's southern urban sprawl.
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Chateau Smith Haut Lafitte

Château Smith-Haut-Lafite has been transformed during the last decade from being a perennial underachiever to being one of the leading estates in the Graves region.
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