Frankrike

Sauvignon Blanc

Sémillon

Savagnin Blanc

Sauvignon Gris

Souvignier Gris

Chateau Smith Haut Lafitte

Chateau Smith Haut Lafitte Blanc Pessac-Leognan

Bordeaux

Pessac-Léognan

A blend of 90% Sauvignon Blanc, 5% Sauvignon Gris, and 5% Semillon, the 2021 Smith Haut Lafitte Blanc soars from the glass with enticing scents of nectarines, lime leaves, and fresh grapefruit, giving way to notes of cedar, jasmine tea, and yuzu zest, with a touch of chalk dust. The light to medium-bodied palate has exhilarating tension, with loads of orchard fruit and citrusy layers, finishing with fantastic length.

by Lisa Perrotti-Brown MW

Delivers intensity and slow build. This stretches out and is a wine to savour, showing quince, white pear, fresh yet creamy white peach and citrus, edges of sage, lemongrass, tea. Great balance, and a mouthwatering salty lick finish. Clarity and vivid, can clearly age. One of the wines of the vintage. Harvest September 2 to 20.

Inside Bordeaux

A gorgeous aromatic blossom of white peaches, peach pit, sage, apple blossom, soft clove and white truffle spices, gentle lift through the palate, a wonderfully fragrant, generous but finessed Smith Haut Lafitte Blanc, with so much depth and length. 50% new oak for ageing, harvest August 29 to September 13, 3.2ph. Energy maintained through the palate, up there with one of the whites of the vintage.

Distinctive as ever, right at the top of what Pessac Léognan Blanc can deliver. Structured, fleshy white peach and pear, waves of salted cracker and sage, creamy texture, great length, just a brilliant wine. A buy.

Expert

Duft av sommermodne gule epler, honningmelon, vannmelon, flotte kjølige steinpreg. 

Smak av gule epler, skikkelig gul honningmelon, flotte krydder toner, samt at den mineralske delen følger på smak. Mangler litt syre.

Smith Haut Lafitte sets the pace with dry whites in Pessac Léognan, one of the handful of truly brilliant examples of this style that is sure to age well, and deepen in character as it does so. Expect gunsmoke and flint on the opening beats, along with vibrant green apple, citrus and white peach fruits. Structured, succulent, excellent quality. Same score as the last time I tasted it, but I am extending the drinking window, because this have all you need for ageing. 50% new oak. 55% of overall production.

I've tasted this a number of times over the past few months, and it never fails to impress. Yes, it's still young, and you can easily leave it longer, but with a good hour or so in a carafe this is pure drinking pleasure. The fruits are heading towards apricot, fleshy ripe pear and peach pit, reflective of the warm summer, but they are balanced by a slate texture and mouthwatering saline minerality on the finish. 50% new oak. Harvest August 24 to September 17, 28hl/h yield.

Nese preget av batonnage med 50% ny eik, mandarin, anis. Utrolig flott, pen syre, integrert fat. 

Bright and vivid pale gold in colour, still keeps its vibrancy at 10 years old. This is gorgeous, just so delicious and enticing, juicy, gripping, heads to tertiary white pepper and truffle but maintains tension and forward motion, just deepening through through the mlid palate. Love it.

Even better than a recent tasting at Fête de la Fleur, this is balanced and luscious, showcasing the complexity of 12 years ageing, without losing the grip and tension of a young white wine. Lashings of citrus, oyster shell, rich and round through the mid palate. Out of magnum. 50% new oak.

Some new oak, rather ripe tropical fruit, pineapple, mango notes, the palate is rich, warm with high ripeness, glycerol, viscous structure, layers of yellow fruit, some roasted oak, long warm finish. Ripe, bold, muscular, will develop complexity over time, serious structure, superb length, powerful, balanced.

Sommelier

Evolution evident in the colour, and on the palate you find bitter orange zest, smoke, candied ginger, waves of tertiary but flavoursome candied citrus and lemongrass. 1995 was the first year at the estate for technical director Fabien Teitgen, so this was his fourth vintage. Harvest began September 1 for the whites.

A hot early vintage, not classic for the whites, and this is from the pre-Cathiard era. Colour has softened and evolved into a tawny yellow, and this is full of oxidative notes, beeswax, walnut, lemon curd, rich, full of flavour, rather lovely but fully at its plateau, beginning to sink. Harvest began August 29 for the whites.

Kategori	Hvitvin
Polnummer	18763401
Produsent	Chateau Smith Haut Lafitte
Årgang	2021
Land	Frankrike, Bordeaux, Pessac-Léognan
Flaskestørrelse	75 cl

Alkoholnivå	14 %
Syre	%
Sukker	3 g/l

Innpakning	Glass
Korktype
Utvalg	Spesialutvalg
Grossist	Hans A. Flaaten
Transportør	Skanlog AS