1991 Lafite Rothschild
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Lafite's light-bodied 1991 possesses moderate ruby color, a solid innercore of fruit, as well as potentially excessive tannin for its size and constitution. The wine exhibits Lafite's subtle personality with a leafy, tobacco, lead pencil nose intertwined with sweet aromas of cassis. Dry, austere, and lacking length, it should turn out to be a good representation of Lafite-Rothschild in this so-so year.
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Neal Martin
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A balanced, supple wine, with lovely blackberry, complex vanilla and ripe sweetness. James Suckling, Wine Spectator 1994
Tasted blind from a magnum at Wine magazine's 10-Year horizontal. I was not impressed. A dried out nose. Little structure on the palate with high acidity. Nowhere near the quality of Mouton-Rothschild 1991 or Latour 1991. There a faint echo of sweetness but no structure and incredibly austere. Poor. Tasted April 2001. Neal Martin, eRobertParker.com
Lafite's light-bodied 1991 possesses moderate ruby color, a solid innercore of fruit, as well as potentially excessive tannin for its size and constitution. The wine exhibits Lafite's subtle personality with a leafy, tobacco, lead pencil nose intertwined with sweet aromas of cassis. Dry, austere, and lacking length, it should turn out to be a good representation of Lafite-Rothschild in this so-so year. Feb 1994, www.robertparker.com
About the producer
Ch. Lafite Rothschild is one of the most famous wine estates in Bordeaux and the world. One of the Left Bank’s five First Growths, the Pauillac property is renowned for producing wines of finesse and elegance that age beautifully.