Smith Haut Lafitte Vintage:1998 super-rich

super-rich

The super-sleek

age it a few more years for additional nuance

but has another 10-15 years of overall longevity

honeyed gold fruits and smoked earth

Smith Haut Lafitte Vintage:1998 super-richThe 2014 Smith Haut Lafitte has a much simpler bouquet than the 2014 Pape Clment, with scents of pencil lead and cooked meat infusing the black fruit. The palate is well balanced with slightly firm tannin, moderate levels of acidity that segues to a very peppery and vivacious finish. This is a sophisticated and classy Pessac Lognan, though I wonder if it is starting to close down? Tasted blind at the annual Southwold tasting. Neal Martin