This lot is comprised of 3 bottle(s) of 2005 and 2006 Chateau Smith Haut Lafitte Pessac Leognan - 750ml. Estimate for this lot is between $580 - $780 with a reserve of $380. The wine in this lot belongs to collection 11220. Detailed lot- 2 bottles of 2006 Chateau Smith Haut Lafitte Pessac Leognan(750ml), 1 bottle of 2005 Chateau Smith Haut Lafitte Pessac Leognan(750ml).
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A vintage wine enthusaist who, in his working years, travelled frquently to Central and Eastern Europe. He would stop from time to time at the Fonte de Medici, a B&B on the Antinori Estate that is nestled beside the Solaia and Tignanello vineyards. All three bottles of 2000 Solaia and some of the Tignanello bottles were purchased at Osteria Passignano, a wine bar and restaurant in Badia a Passignano where he used to meet up with one of the winemakers for a portfolio tasting. The Tignanello and the Don Melchor wines were purchased from the LCBO on release. All the wines were stored in a climate-controlled wine cellar in the collector's home.
The score for 2006 Chateau Smith Haut Lafitte Pessac Leognan is 93 points from Robert Parker and the tasting note - Tasted at Bordeaux Index's annual 10-Year On tasting in London. The 2006 Château Smith Haut-Lafitte has an intriguing bouquet with surprising mineral intensity coming through the pure blackberry and cassis fruit. The oak here is beautifully assimilated. The palate is medium-bodied with fine tannin, a keen line of acidity, quite structured in the mouth, but that mineralité continues right to the finish that attenuates ever such a little. This is a thoroughbred Pessac-Léognan for the vintage.
The score for 2005 Chateau Smith Haut Lafitte Pessac Leognan is 98 points from Robert Parker and the tasting note - This sensational, opaque blue/purple-colored wine from Smith Haut Lafitte has a gorgeous floral nose with notes of graphite, blueberries, blackberries, and cassis that jump from the glass of this inky, very dense, yet strikingly pure wine. Light on its feet despite its stunning concentration and multi-layered mouthfeel, this wine has fabulous intensity, richness and length. Quite impressive, and still incredibly youthful, this is a superstar of the vintage.