Château Lafite, 2005 Sweets Extraordinarily elegant rendition of Carignan

Extraordinarily elegant rendition of Carignan (50% in the blend)

exuding notes of pear and acacia honey

combined with notes of nutmeg

ripe and sweet with good length

exotic cuisine and strong cheese like Munster or Epoisses

Château Lafite, 2005 Sweets Extraordinarily elegant rendition of CarignanHaving tasted the 2005 Chteau Lafite Rothschild several times both blind and non blind, it comes across as a First Growth politely requesting more time to settle. Here, from an ex chteau bottle tasted in Bordeaux, it delivers that graphite, pencil box bouquet that unfurls gradually in the glass, biding its time, graceful but not intense. Parallel to some of its fellow 2005s, it is developing a little more spice, namely thyme and sage, than I recall.