Lafite’s top wine is not the most outgoing of Pauillac wines, but its exceptional finesse, which appears after 15 to 30 years in the cellar, sets it apart, justifying its Premier Grand Cru classé status. Great Lafite vintages seem to be able to defy the decades and never die.
The Château Lafite Rothschild 2003 comes as close to perfection as any of the great Lafites made over the past three decades. It exhibits a luxurious bouquet of cedarwood, lead pencil shaving, white chocolate, cocoa and cassis. Fat, rich, opulent and full-bodied with low acidity and stunning seductiveness and complexity, this noble wine possesses a bountiful, generous, heady style.