Château Lafite, 1999 Wine Books A hugely perfumed bouquet evokes

A hugely perfumed bouquet evokes ripe red berries

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red fruit crumble

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Broad on the palate and inviting minerality

Château Lafite, 1999 Wine Books A hugely perfumed bouquet evokesThe 1999 Lafite Rothschild sports an engraved "1999" on the bottle along with an eclipse to mark that significant historical event of August, 1999. It is a quintessential offering from Lafite Rothschild. This prodigious wine is both elegant and intensely flavored, and almost diaphanous in its layers that unfold with no heaviness. An opaque ruby purple color is accompanied by a complex bouquet of lead pencil, graphite, cedar, creme de cassis, toast,