Chateau Smith Haut Lafitte 2022

Colour The wine has a beautiful dark red colour. Nose Complex and deep, the nose blends fruity fragrances (cherry, raspberry, wild blackberry, blueberry) and spices (liquorice, zan) with delicious notes of light tobacco and star anise. Palate A full, smooth and lively attack precedes a palate that harmoniously combines density, concentration and fine tannins with a smooth texture and a lingering finish. Balanced and fresh, the palate exhales fruity aromas (blackberry, black cherry), spicy (liquorice stick, licorice confectionary, cinnamon), chalk, gunflint, preserved lemon and violet.

After harvesting, the grapes were destemmed and sorted before being vatted by gravity in small, truncated-cone-shaped wooden vats. Gentle extraction, with regular punching of the cap. Fermentation with indigenous yeasts followed by 18 months' ageing in barrels (60% new) from the château's own cooperage.