2025, Carruades de Lafite, Pauillac2025 is 55% Cabernet Sauvignon, 34% Merlot, 9% Cabernet Franc, 2% Petit Verdot. The 2025 Carruades de Lafite has quite an understated bouquet that needs a little more encouragement than usual. Blackberry, pencil box and light estuarine scents gradually unfurl. Fine delineation. The palate is medium bodied, with sapid black fruit on the entry, gentle grip, wonderful balance and plenty of freshness and brightness on the finish. What a superb Carruades.

smoke and liquorice flavours are all boldly sketched

the powerful south-facing slopes coming in extremely handy in 2021

this is a terrific effort

Cool and fresh

Harvest 23 September to 9 October

it's bright and pure

Bright red berry fruit

bitter black chocolate on the finish as the tannins close in

then the blend

Smells riper

The nose here is fresh

whose labels note the name of the cru and the word hermitagé