Description
White Wine: 2020 | Château Smith Haut Lafitte | Blanc
Pale greenish yellow colour. Restrained aromas are a touch grassy but not overly green. Done dry with crisp acidity, green pea-pod & delicate guava fruit has a mineral edge. Alcohol doesn’t intrude & the finish is very long, harmonious & finely crafted.
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Producer: Château Smith Haut Lafitte
Vintage: 2020
Size: 750ml
ABV: 14.5%
Varietal: Bordeaux Blend White
Country/Region: France, Bordeaux
Pale greenish yellow colour. Restrained aromas are a touch grassy but not overly green. Done dry with crisp acidity, green pea-pod & delicate guava fruit has a mineral edge. Alcohol doesn’t intrude & the finish is very long, harmonious & finely crafted.
Producer Information
Château Smith Haut Lafitte is located in Pessac-Léognan on the Left Bank of the Garonne River. During the 1959 Classification of the Graves it was rated as Grand Cru Classé for its red wine. Nowadays the estate is also considered to produce one of the foremost examples of white Bordeaux. Cabernet Sauvignon usually accounts for 60-65 percent of the red grand vin. Merlot contributes around 30 percent, and small amounts of Cabernet Franc and Petit Verdot round out a typical blend. The wine is aged in barrel for around 18 months, with 60-65 percent new wood. The white grand vin is usually Sauvignon Blanc-dominant, with around five percent each of Sémillon and Sauvignon Gris. The wine is fermented and aged in barrel, resting on its lees for a year. Half of barrels are new in both stages. The second wines are the Le Petit Haut Lafitte white (introduced in 2013) and red (from 2010). They are made from lots identified during the blending of the grand vins. With the second wines, the red is designed to show more of a rounder, Right Bank style, and is usually a 55:45 blend of Cabernet Sauvignon and Merlot, aged in barrel for 14 months. The white is an 80:20 Sauvignon Blanc – Sémillon combination, also vinified like the grand vin, but with around 10 months of barrel maturation. The Les Hauts de Smith duo are now the third wines of the estate. They are usually matured in barrel for the same length of time as their Petit Haut Lafitte, but with a lower proportion of new oak.
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