Château Smith-Haut-Lafitte 1996
WineMine Description
MyWineMine gives this wine a score of 917; outperforming the average for the sub-region in 1996 which is 893. The average score for Château Smith-Haut-Lafitte is 896, making this an above average effort for the producer.
When people talk about wines from Château Smith-Haut-Lafitte they use words like Black, Fruit, Ruby, Oak, Elegant, Purple, Cassis, Dark, Balance, Sweet, Subtle, Layers, Structure, Ripe, Minerals. The 1996 shares most of these characteristics. People use these words to describe the 1996 but no other wine from Château Smith-Haut-Lafitte: Beautiful, Blackberry, Pure, Striking, Balanced, Big, Impressive, Restraint, Subtlety, Impeccable. The wine has been ready to drink for 13 years (since 2003) and should be consumed now (2016). It normally takes wines from Château Smith-Haut-Lafitte around 5 years to be ready to start drinking, and 15 further years to decline.
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