Chateau Lafite Rothschild 2020

Deep black color. The nose offers a broad palette of intense and well-defined aromas, with spicy black fruits like blackberries and black cherries on a background of subtle notes of cocoa and tobacco that accentuates the aromatic richness of this wine. On the palate, the attack is frontal, dense, and velvety, accompanied by fleshy and powerful tannins that result in a very complex, long, and extremely tasty structure. A wine of superb balance and subtlety that embodies this vintage at best.

The vintage was so early in all its stages that we prepared all year to harvest early, that is, from the end of August. The harvest was the last stage of a year of constant concern, in which we went from monitoring temperatures at the weather station to watching the vines closely to detect any development of powdery mildew. The last test we had to face was the storm of August 15 and its 100 mm of rainfall, which caused us great concern. Little did we know then that it would become a blessing. By the end of August, both growth and ripeness seemed normal, but when we tasted the grapes, their extremely expressive aromas were a great surprise. The rain in mid-August boosted the ripening process! The harvest was excellent and fermentation progressed very well. The musts reveal a young monster in the making, restrained, incredibly elegant, but disciplined.