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Le Petit Haut Lafitte
Pessac-Léognan · France
Fact sheet
- Type
- Other
- Country
- France
- Region
- Pessac-Léognan
- Appellation
- Pessac-Léognan
- Body
- full
- Acidity
- medium
- Tannin
- high
- Sweetness
- dry
Food pairing
roast red meat · grilled lamb · pasta with meat sauce
Rated vintages
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201391 pts
This is a ripe soft wine full of warm fruits and gentle tannins. The second wine of the always-impressive Château Smith Haut Lafitte, it is a rich wine its own right. With black currant and dark plum flavors, it has some solid tannins from 60% Cabernet Sauvignon in the blend. Dr…
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201192 pts
Produced mainly from young Cabernet Sauvignon vines on the Château Smith Haut Lafitte vineyard, this is a solid, dark and dense wine. It has rich black-currant flavors that are cut by acidity and firm tannins. Both mean the wine needs to age, so drink from 2020.