Lafite Rothschild 1996

Name: Lafite Rothschild 1996
Brand: Hedonism Wines
SKU: HED0445
Price: 1450.000000 GBP
Availability: InStock

HED0445 / 75cl / 13%

£1,450.00

1996

Red

Chateau Lafite Rothschild

First Growth

Bordeaux, France

1 Available

Bordeaux Blend Red

The 1996 Château Lafite Rothschild is comprised of 83% Cabernet Sauvignon, 8% Merlot, 8% Cabernet Franc and 1% Petit Verdot. It was a complicated vintage from which only 38% of the crop was deemed of sufficient quality for use in the final blend but the result is spectacular. It is an extremely powerful and imposingly tannic Lafite that is only just beginning to emerge into its prime drinking phase but, with significant decanting, unfurls to reveal crisply defined and complex fruits, with delicious savoury nuances. Undoubtedly a long-haul proposition, this has at least another two decades of potential longevity and will surely only get better.