Lafite Rothschild, Carruades de Lafite - Pauillac 2019 750ML burgDC2026 This deserves a higher score

This deserves a higher score than I awarded out of barrel and it continues to improve year by year

only to quickly shift to an elegant acidity and pleasant umami

multi-layered profile with notes of peach

with a silky texture and lingering finish

baked plums and blackcurrant cordial with hints of bouquet garni

Lafite Rothschild, Carruades de Lafite - Pauillac 2019 750ML burgDC2026 This deserves a higher scoreThe 2019 Carruades de Lafite is rich and expansive, bursting with aromas of ripe berries, violets, spice box, cedar and cassis. Medium to full bodied, ample and fleshy, it's broad and generous, with a more exotic, extravagant profile than the grand vin but also levels of concentration and character that exceed what was the case a decade ago. In recent years, Lafite has actually ripped up parcels that routinely never made it into the grand vinand the