Château Lafite-Rothschild 2010
Pauillac 1er Grand Cru Classé
Bordeaux, France
Regular price£4,040.74
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Arriving: April 2025
| Style: Red | Packaging: OWC |
| ABV: 13.0% | Closure: Cork |
| Organic: | Drink from: 2025 |
| Biodynamic: | Drink to: 2050 |
| Grapes: 87% Cabernet Sauvignon, 13% Merlot | |
Critic scores
100 RP, 94 NM, 96+ VM, 99 JS
Critic reviews
"Deep garnet in color, the 2010 Lafite Rothschild is a little mute on the nose at this stage, opening to reveal warm blackcurrants, baked plums and boysenberry scents with hints of chocolate mint, violets, cedar chest and pencil lead. Full-bodied, rich and densely packed with perfumed black fruit layers, it has a rock-solid backbone of fantastically ripe, grainy tannins and beautiful freshness, finishing very long and minerally. Still very youthful!"
Lisa Perrotti-Brown, March 2020, RobertParker.com
"The 2010 Lafite-Rothschild has a vivacious bouquet with feisty red berry fruit laced with kirsch, blueberry and subtle blood orange aromas that soar from the glass. There is no ignoring these aromatics. The palate has a soft, fleshy entry that caresses the senses, quite plush and more like a 2009 in style. Layers of red and black fruit vie for attention, leading to a sensual rounded finish. Excellent, but I just would have preferred more grip and backbone. Tasted blind at Farr Vintners 10-Year On Bordeaux horizontal."
Neal Martin, February 2020, Vinous.com
"Deep ruby-purple. Closed but extremely pure and penetrating on the nose, offering delicate aromas of crushed blackcurrant, flint and graphite lifted by a perfumed violet topnote. Very refined and clean on the palate, with concentrated cassis, violet, ink and cedar flavors that are archetypal Lafite. Finishes with the hint of astringency that I find in a lot of 2010 Bordeaux. This is an extremely impressive Lafite but it needs at least a decade of cellaring."
Stephen Tanzer, July 2013, Vinous.com
Lisa Perrotti-Brown, March 2020, RobertParker.com
"The 2010 Lafite-Rothschild has a vivacious bouquet with feisty red berry fruit laced with kirsch, blueberry and subtle blood orange aromas that soar from the glass. There is no ignoring these aromatics. The palate has a soft, fleshy entry that caresses the senses, quite plush and more like a 2009 in style. Layers of red and black fruit vie for attention, leading to a sensual rounded finish. Excellent, but I just would have preferred more grip and backbone. Tasted blind at Farr Vintners 10-Year On Bordeaux horizontal."
Neal Martin, February 2020, Vinous.com
"Deep ruby-purple. Closed but extremely pure and penetrating on the nose, offering delicate aromas of crushed blackcurrant, flint and graphite lifted by a perfumed violet topnote. Very refined and clean on the palate, with concentrated cassis, violet, ink and cedar flavors that are archetypal Lafite. Finishes with the hint of astringency that I find in a lot of 2010 Bordeaux. This is an extremely impressive Lafite but it needs at least a decade of cellaring."
Stephen Tanzer, July 2013, Vinous.com
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