From Peter Niederhauser
, at 01. March 2013 08:53
This year 2013 kicks off brightly for Château Smith Haut Lafitte which won many awards by major actors of national and international critic. The Wine Spectator, the Grand Jury Européen and the Wall Street Journalamong others just rewarded the wines of this Grand Cru Classé that never stops being spoken of.
The Grand Jury Européen held in January a blind tasting with the best 30 red 2001 Bordeaux including “4 pirates”. The 14 experts, professionals of the wine world from 5 countries, tasted the wines blind and the results are clear: Château Smith Haut Lafitte comes first with a very high cohesion of opinion from the tasters. Here is a news that will please the team of the Château whose only goal is to create a wine “worthy of its magnificent terroir”, according to Daniel Cathiard, the owner.
And recent vintages are not left behind. After the consecration of Château Smith Haut Lafitte red 2009 with100/100 points by the “guru” Robert Parker last year, the 2010 vintage, now bottled, is being judged by the international press. The Wine Spectator just rewarded Château Smith Haut Lafitte red 2010 with96/100 points, leading its appellation of Crus Classés de Graves and Pessac-Léognan, just behind Haut Brion and La Mission Haut Brion. Air France currently serves the red 2006 on its first class and Qatar Airways the 2008.
As for the white, the Wall Street Journal is about to publish, this first week-end of March, the results of a tasting of great 2010 white wines where, once more, Château Smith Haut Lafitte is preferred!
All the details of these tastings and the actuality of Château Smith Haut Lafitte on its Website and Facebook Page. Read as well the full results and comments of the tastings on the blogs of the Grand Jury Européenand Jamie Goode.
By Rémi Marty – Château Smith Haut Lafitte – Tel : +33 (0) 557 83 11 23 - Mob : +33 (0) 666 11 44 03 - r.marty@smith-haut-lafitte.com
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