Château Smith-Haut-Lafitte 1997
WineMine Description
MyWineMine gives this wine a score of 904; underperforming the average for the sub-region in 1997 which is 907. The average score for Château Smith-Haut-Lafitte is 897, 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 1997 shares most of these characteristics. People use these words to describe the 1997 but no other wine from Château Smith-Haut-Lafitte: Excellent, Ripeness, Charm, Finesse, Toasty, Elegance, Power. The wine has been ready to drink for 16 years (since 2000) and has been past its best for 1 (since 2015). 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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