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Chateau Smith Haut Lafitte Blanc (Futures Pre-sale) 2009
Chateau Smith Haut Lafitte Blanc (Futures Pre-sale) 2009

Chateau Smith Haut Lafitte Blanc (Futures Pre-sale) 2009


Bordeaux White Blends

from Pessac-Leognan, Bordeaux, France

Pre-sale:
ships after 05/31/14
Price: $94.99
(this vintage is sold out)
The 2011 vintage is available for: $94.99
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Item No. 103935 
white wine style:
Light & Crisp Fruity & Smooth Rich & Creamy
winemaker's notes:

2009 Smith Haut Lafitte blanc has an attractive brilliant yellow color. The nose is quite delicate with floral overtones. Its full aromatic potential is released with aeration, revealing hints of yellow fruit (vineyard peaches, apricot), flowers (honeysuckle, broom flowers), and a touch of flint. The wine starts out straightforward on the palate, filling out to become rich and powerful (this is undoubtedly a food wine). The aftertaste is delightfully flavorsome, with yellow fruit (mango, apricot, and candied pineapple), sweet spice, and gunflint. The finish is quite long and delicious, and the wine is altogether rich and savory.

critical acclaim:

"Smith-Haut-Lafitte hit a home run with their red Pessac-Leognan and came very close to perfection with their dry white Graves. Possibly the best dry white the estate has produced since the proprietors, the Cathiards, acquired the property in 1990, this wine exhibits a sensational fragrance of buttered citrus, honeyed melons and a touch of grapefruit, lemon zest and orange rind. It also displays grapefruit on the attack and mid-palate as well as real opulence, terrific acidity and length. Drink it over the next 15-20 years. Astonishing!"

98 Points

The Wine Advocate

"Finely balanced wine, just the right fresh, herbaceous fruit to go with the ripe, fat texture and a delicious squeeze of lemon. Ginger adds to the mix.
Barrel Sample: 93-95 Points "

95 Points

Wine Enthusiast

"This is really gorgeous, with creamed Meyer lemon, meringue and lime chiffon notes leading the way, backed by pure salted butter, straw and warm shortbread flavors. Long and rich, yet detailed and focused through the finish. Sauvignon Blanc, Sémillon and Sauvignon Gris. Drink now through 2022. 2,500 cases made."

93 Points

Wine Spectator

"Medium-deep straw-yellow with a hint of gold. Deep, rich aromas of ripe citrus, beeswax and ginger. Enters the mouth creamy and almost sweet, with ripe tangerine, cantaloupe and fresh lime flavors. Then long and rather full-bodied on the back end, finishing with a refreshing mineral quality. For my money, this is one of the deepest and most complex white Smith Haut Lafittes of recent memory and one of the dry white wine stars of the 2009 vintage. This should be delicious upon release and offer pleasure anytime over the next 15 years.
Range: 91-93"

93 Points

International Wine Cellar

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