Red · Pauillac · France
Château Lafite Rothschild Carruades de Lafite Pauillac
Scored from 3,324 calibrated Vivino reviewers. Cohort: Red · France (1,134 wines).
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Is Carruades de Lafite Pauillac a good wine?
Tasting profile
A full-bodied Pauillac with smooth tannins and notes of blackberry, chocolate, smoke, and earth, showing both depth and elegance. Reviewers describe it as exceptionally smooth, well-balanced, and memorable, a refined second wine from a renowned estate.
Synthesized from 3,324Vivino reviewers' tasting notes for this bottle.
What reviewers say
“With Van, Bonnie, Tim and Sue at the condo on Friday July 19, 2013. As French as it can get.”
From a top-rated Vivino review for this bottle.
Summary
Heady, floral nose with exceptional complexity. On the palate, fine balance on the attack continues with good flavour expression before a fairly long finish with lovely structure, still lively and with a hint of woodiness.
Château Lafite Rothschild Carruades de Lafite Pauillac is a red from Pauillac, France, blended from Cabernet Franc, Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot and Petit Verdot. At $215 for the lowest 750 ml listing, it belongs to the $120-and-up band.
1,133 other reds from France form the cohort it is ranked inside. The calibrated figure is built from 3,324 of its Vivino reviewers. A broader pool of 3,456 reviewers with two or more ratings feeds the raw-average track instead.
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- Red · France · 1,134 wines
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