Chateau Smith Haut Lafitte Pessac-Leognan 2014 SO20231109 It’s love in a bottle

It’s love in a bottle

Aged for a long period in heavily charred white oak barrels

Saperavi aged with the skins of white grapes in Qvevri for 1 year

produced by infusion of flowers

Sourced from cooler parcels around Mendocino and fermented with native yeast in a mix of neutral barrels and stainlees steel

Chateau Smith Haut Lafitte Pessac-Leognan 2014 SO20231109 It’s love in a bottleSmith Haut Lafitte is a Pessac Lognan classified growth estate, owned since 1990 by Daniel and Florence Cathiard, who farm with a meticulous "bio precision" approach on a famous gravel ridge near Chteau Haut Bailly. The 2014 is a charming, well balanced vintage here: Cabernet Sauvignon led (around 60%) with Merlot, a touch of Cabernet Franc and Petit Verdot. Now more than a decade on, it's entering a lovely drinking window while keeping plenty in