Château Lafite-Rothschild 2016

Wine Enthusiast

Almost entirely Cabernet Sauvignon, this wine beautifully sums up the density and the richness of this variety in Pauillac. It is impressive, made even more so in this vintage by the ripeness of the tannins, the beautiful, plush fruit and enormous promise. Drink this wine from 2026. Its aging potential is enormous.

Robert Parker Wine Advocate

The 2016 Lafite Rothschild is a blend of 92% Cabernet Sauvignon and 8% Merlot, with 15% of the press wine contributing to the blend this year. Deep purple-black in color, it slowly reveals the most gorgeous perfume of kirsch, lilacs, black raspberries and warm blackcurrants with underlying nuances of cigar box, rose hip tea, cloves, licorice and pencil lead plus a waft of garrigue. Medium-bodied and built like a brick house with a firm yet beautifully ripe, finely pixelated tannic backbone and seamless freshness supporting the amazing intensity of black fruits and floral layers, it finishes very long and provocatively perfumed.

Jeff Leve, The Wine Cellar Insider

VertdeVin

The nose is beautifully elegant , aromatic and offers a beautiul structure, a beautiful finesse as well as a beautiful complexity . It reveals notes of blackberry , wild strawberry and more slightly violet, blueberry associated with small touches of fleshy / fresh small red fruits, caramelization as well as very discreet hints of Sichuan pepper , spices , lilac and a very discreet hint of nutmeg . The palate is fruity , juicy , well- blanced , elegant and offers a beautiful definition , a beautiful precision , a beautiful acidulous frame, a beautiful finesse of the structure, power (full of finesse), a beautiful suavity , fleshiness , a very fine unctuosity as well as fat. On the palate this wine expresses notes of fleshy / juicy raspberry , fleshy blackberry and more slightly cassis associated with small touches of crunchy wild strawberry as well as hints of chocolate / tonka bean , fleshy blueberry and very discreet hints of cardamom , caramelization and a very discreet hint of spices . Tannins are fine and elegant . Power on the finish/ persistence . Good length and persistence . A very beautiful wine !