1985 Chateau Lafite Rothschild (750ml)

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Vintage: 1985
Format: 750ml
Wine Name: Chateau Lafite Rothschild
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Appellation: Pauillac
Producer: Chateau Lafite Rothschild
Varietal: Red Bordeaux Blend
Type: Red
Country: France
Region: Bordeaux
Sub-Region: Medoc

Tasting Note: Medium red. Rather unforthcoming nose hints at redcurrant and cedar, along with a faint herbaceousness. Strong in extract and high in acidity, but today the wine flesh and fruit are dominated by its structure and grip. A marginally disappointing showing for Lafite, in which herbaceous hints and lack of flesh give the wine a slightly disjointed character. I would like to have found greater mid-palate verve. Drink now through 2012. (90pts. Stephen Tanzer, IWC)

Tasted: July/August 2002
Score: 90pts.
Drink: Through 2012

Tasting Note: The 1985 Lafite is revealing more class and complexity than I predicted. A moderately intense, cedary, woody, herb and berry-scented bouquet is attractive. The wine is open-knit and ripe, with fine tannins, sweet, medium-bodied, mineral, and cassis-scented flavors, fine depth, and a graceful, harmonious feel. It is beginning to blossom and appears to possess more depth and character than I had thought. Anticipated maturity: 1995-2010. (90pts. Robert Parker)

Tasted: Jun 1993
Score: 90pts.
Drink: 1995-2010

Tasting Note: A graceful wine with cedar, berry and cherry aromas and flavors. Medium-bodied, with fine tannins and a succulent, sweet fruit finish. Delicious to drink now.--Cabernet Challenge. (90pts. JS, Wine Spectator)

Tasted: Sep 15, 1996
Score: 90pts.
Drink: N/A