Wine Advocate #122
Apr 1999
Robert M. Parker, Jr.
(90-92)
Drink: 2004 - 2022
This is potentially the finest wine made under the administration of the Cathiards. The deep ruby/purple color is followed by an elega..
WA96The 2019 Smith Haut Lafitte has turned out very well indeed, unwinding in the glass with a complex bouquet of dark berries, cassis, forest floor, pencil shavings, licorice and spices. Full-bodied, broad and velvety, it's layered and elegantly mus..
Daniel and Florence Cathiard transformed this property in the early 1990s and have been making very individual, sexy wines since then which combine flavours of classic earthy Graves with silky and seductive new oak from barrels produced by their in-h..