2020 Chateau Lafite-Rothschild - Carruades de LafiteColour : Red Producer : Chateau Lafite Rothschild Label Name : Carruades de Lafite Country : France Region : Bordeaux Sub Region : Pauillac Variety : Proprietary Blend Vintage : 2020 Capacity : 750 ml Standard Bottle Ratings : James Suckling 96 pts, Decanter 95 pts, Wine Enthusiast 95 pts Tasting Note : o perfumed and subtle with roses, lavender, sage, and currants. Medium bodied. So much Spanish cedar, cigar box, currants, fresh tobacco and spice.

Aged 24 months new French oak barriques

Vinous described it as “approachable” and “seamlessly” structured but with a “stealth” quality that will only emerge fully over the next decade or more

Colour : Red Producer : Gruaud-Larose Country : France Region : Bordeaux Sub Region : St Julien Variety : Proprietary Blend Vintage : 1982 Capacity : 750 ml - Standard Bottle Rating : AG95 - Vinous by Antonio Galloni Tasting Note : The 1982 Gruaud Larose has long been one of my favourite Saint Julien wines from that vintage

volcanic mineral soils and the Uco Valley’s exceptional diurnal temperature range in a wine of distinctive freshness

and very well-orchestrated

energetic and lightly saline

graphite and earth on the nose

raspberries and dark blackberry

The nose is complex with notes of matured yellow fruit – hints of acacia

with bright acidity supporting a core of pure fruit

fresh hazelnut and the distinctive sous voile mineral character that only aged Château-Chalon can provide

Not a particularly fruity style: I might have guessed this wine came from Italy