Description
Le Petit Haut Lafitte Red 2019
This has caramel wafer and black cherry edging, gourmet, and contemporary, with real polish and a hugely successful sense of enjoyment, even at this early stage. A relatively new addition to the Cathiard stable of wines, this is a well-thought-out slice of some of the polish offered by its more prestigious sibling. From a blend of 60% Cabernet Sauvignon and 40% Merlot, aged in 20% new oak.
Critical Acclaim
91 James Suckling
Intense dried cranberry and herbal nose with some toasty oak precede a rich but not heavy palate with plenty of tannic power and a long, dry finish. Needs two or three years to soften.
90 Wine Spectator
Offers a ripe, sleek feel, with solid cassis and dark plum notes lined with hints of bay and tobacco, backed by a tug of earth on the slightly smoky finish. Drink now through 2024.
90 Robert Parker’s Wine Advocate
The 2014 Les Petit Haut Lafitte has an attractive blackberry, cedar and black olive-scented bouquet that unfolds nicely in the glass. The palate is medium-bodied with fine tannin, well balanced with quite a saline, marine-influenced finish that lends this character. Enjoy this well-crafted Pessac-Léognan over the next five or six years.
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