Château Lafite-Rothschild 2015 AOC PAUILLAC greatest wine The vineyard is entirely conducted

The vineyard is entirely conducted in integrated viticulture

and finely textured tannins

The vines are 28 years old on average and are planted on Pyrenean clay gravel soils

ample and beautifully complex

Château Lafite-Rothschild 2015 AOC PAUILLAC greatest wine The vineyard is entirely conductedThe deep garnet purple shaded 2015 Lafite Rothschild is blended of 91% Cabernet Sauvignon and 9% Merlot and was matured for 20 months in new oak barrels from Tonnellerie des Domaines (their own cooperage). It is still sporting a lot of cedar at this nascent stage with a vibrant core of black raspberries, red currants and crushed plums plus touches of cigar boxes, violets and underbrush with a waft of tilled loam. Medium bodied and elegantly styled