2024, Carruades de Lafite, PauillacLast year EP $318. 00 Bordeaux Blend: Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, Cabernet Franc, Petit Verdot. The second wine of Chteau Lafite. In 2024 most of Lafite's Merlot went into Carruades and the final blend is 45% Cabernet Sauvignon, 47% Merlot with 6% Cabernet Franc and 2% Petit Verdot. The 2024 Carruades de Lafite is plush, sensual and inviting right out of the gate. Soft contours wrap around a core of plum, black cherry, gravel, incense, licorice and

crushed rose petal and peony

where the wine then ages for 24 months at least

Classically balanced St Julien

while the silky tannins gently give a frame that slowly expands and widens

28% Cabernet Franc and 39% Cabernet Sauvignon

One of the great names of the Médoc

with Mendoza terroir

fine thread of acidity

this is a successful biodynamic wine that has a spring in its step

leaning more toward the vegetable side (in a good manner)

35 year old Chardonnay vines on calcareous soils in the Hautes-Cotes

it's pure and precise