2024 Smith Haut Lafitte Blanc
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The Smith Haut Lafitte team is particularly pleased with their white this year – and justifiably so. The challenge, they felt, was to build the flesh to go around the skeleton of acidity, that brings lovely energy to the wine. The nose is layered with generous peach, lemon peel, honey and toasty complexity from the oak (50% new). There’s great density to the palate here, the wine lithe yet round in mouth-feel, with a zest lift and saline edge to the long finish. 13.23% alcohol and 3.2pH. Blend: 90% Sauvignon Blanc, 5% Semillon, 5% Sauvignon Gris
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Yohan Castaing, Wine Advocate
Antonio Galloni, Vinous
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Wax candles. Linden. Lime. Jasmine. White floral notes – jasmine and elderflower, a little orange blossom too. Green tea and yuzu. A little peach skin, Granny Smith peel and just a hint of guava in all its essential freshness. Structured by the acidity and a little tannin. Even Macha. No signature of the oak, or very little – just a hint of spice. White peach and the texture of the skin – very tactile. So sapid and juicy. One of the best wines ever from here. A pinch from the tannins and then a release of salinity and even a little sweetness.
The Grand Vin is 90% Sauvignon Blanc and 5% each of Sauvignon Gris and Semillon, all aged in 50% new oak, with malolactic fermentation blocked. The 2024 Château Smith Haut Lafitte Blanc brings beautiful Sauvignon notes of ripe citrus and grapefruit that are backed up by beautiful minerality, classy minty, floral, and melon nuances, medium-bodied richness, integrated acidity, and a great finish.
Floral and complex, the 2024 Blanc from Smith Haut Lafitte offers up aromas of white peach, apricot, spices and spring blossoms. Medium-bodied, round and layered, it's sappy and seamless with an incisive mid-palate and a long, ethereal and refreshing finish. Matured in 50% new oak, this blend of 90% Sauvignon Blanc, 5% Sémillon and 5% Sauvignon Gris represents a strong effort.
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Ch. Smith Haut Lafitte è oggi uno dei protagonisti di Pessac-Léognan, tutto grazie a Daniel e Florence Cathiard, che rilevarono la proprietà nel 1990 e da allora hanno trasformato la tenuta, convertendosi alla biodinamica e producendo vini di crescente finezza.