2009 Château Smith Haut Lafitte, Pessac-Léognan, Bordeaux Clos Rousseau violets and a touch of

violets and a touch of toasted almond

Made by our good friends Jean-Luc Terrier and Christian Collovray

stewed fruit and a slight earthiness

My favourite aspect of the wine has to be the earthy

flawless wine

2009 Château Smith Haut Lafitte, Pessac-Léognan, Bordeaux Clos Rousseau violets and a touch ofThe 2009 Smith Haut Lafitte exhibits an opaque blue purple color in addition to a glorious nose of acacia flowers, licorice, charcoal, blueberries, black raspberries, lead pencil shavings and incense. This massive, extraordinarily rich, unctuously textured wine may be the most concentrated effort produced to date, although the 2000, 2005 and 2010 are nearly as prodigious. A gorgeous expression of Pessac Leognan with sweet tannin, emerging charm and