Château Lafite Rothschild 1er Cru Classé, Pauillac, 2014, 75cl Løse flasker This was the first vintage

This was the first vintage overseen by Mouton's new technical director

Louis Roederer's cellar master describes the 2014 vintage as a wine with "incredible precision" and an almost electrical delicacy

Medium to deep garnet-purple colored

Ten percent of the total production this year went into this second label of Cheval Blanc

it's unusually rich and opulent for the vintage

Château Lafite Rothschild 1er Cru Classé, Pauillac, 2014, 75cl Løse flasker This was the first vintageThe 2014 Lafite Rothschild, tasted with head winemaker Eric Kohler, has retained that very opulent and outgoing bouquet that dare I say actually reminded me of Mouton Rothschild. There are layers of blackberry and boysenberry fruit, still that hint of juniper berry, certainly a more extroverted Lafite Rothschild compared to recent vintages. The palate is medium bodied with crisp tannin, very focused and quite linear, again with plenty of black fruit