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Château Laffitte-Carcasset
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2022
Château Laffitte-Carcasset (St. Estèphe)
Flowers, tobacco leaves, black currants, and a touch of spicy, strawberries with a hint of cocoa pop in the nose. The palate, is supple, creamy, and fresh, with a spicy, turmeric edge on the back of the finish. Left Bank wine lovers seeking that increasingly-elusive QPR ratio, should be all over this. Drink from 2026-2040. 263 Views Tasted Mar 1, 2025 |
2022
Château Laffitte-Carcasset T3 de la Terrasse (St. Estèphe)
Packaged in an over-sized, albeit attractive bottle, this limited wine was produced from their oldest parcel of 100% Cabernet Sauvignon planted on the famous terrace 3. The wine pops with cigar wrapper, cedar and currants in the perfume. On the palate, the wine is fresh, vibrant, and chewy, with plenty of fruit, coupled with a dose of minerality in the finish. Drink from 2026-2040. 259 Views Tasted Mar 1, 2025 |
2021
Château Laffitte-Carcasset (St. Estèphe)
Black and red cherries, currants, mint leaf and tobacco fill the perfume. The palate delivers sweet, soft, currants with a touch of peppery spice in an already approachable form. You can enjoy this with ease on release. Drink from 2024-2032. 580 Views Tasted Mar 9, 2024Spice, currants, and tobacco leaf lead the way before you find the medium- bodied, piquant, bright, fresh, crisp palate. This will be easy to enjoy in its youth. Drink from 2023-2033. 87-89 1,620 Views Tasted May 20, 2022 |
2021
Château Laffitte-Carcasset The Corsair (St. Estèphe)
Red and black currants provide the backdrop of this soft, forward, fresh and fruity, early-drinking, pleasant wine. Drink from 2024-2028. 507 Views Tasted Mar 9, 2024 |
2020
Château Laffitte-Carcasset (St. Estèphe)
Forward, savory, herbal, fresh, currant and blackberry oriented palate with a savory edge to the red fruits in the vibrant finish. Drink from 2023-2035. 942 Views Tasted Mar 21, 2023Currants, flowers, lead pencil and cedar are what you find initially in the perfume. Medium-bodied, soft, round and fruity, with a sweet, juicy quality to all the ripe, polished fruits in the finish. This will be easy to enjoy in its youth. 89-91 Pts 1,844 Views Tasted May 20, 2021 |
2020
Château Laffitte-Carcasset The Corsair (St. Estèphe)
A touch of cappuccino with herbs, pepper, flowers and ripe fruits connects in the perfume. On the palate the wine is soft, fresh and fruity with round tannins and a nice blast of ripe, polished dark berries in the finish. 90-92 Pts 1,479 Views Tasted May 20, 2021 |
2019
Château Laffitte-Carcasset (St. Estèphe)
Smoke, chocolate, plums, tobacco and wet earth are easy to find on the nose. On the palate, the wine is fresh, crisp, bright and crunchy with nuances of chocolate, spice and licorice in the savory finish. Drink from 2024-2037. 2,812 Views Tasted Mar 29, 2022A big bite of ripe, sweet, fresh, black and red juicy fruits with freshness and soft tannins. 89-91 Pts 3,812 Views Tasted Jun 8, 2020 |
2019
Château Laffitte-Carcasset The Corsair (St. Estèphe)
Fresh, round, ripe, sweet juicy dark red fruits that taste as good as they feel. The spicy, peppery fruits have loads of lift and length. 3,741 Views Tasted Jun 8, 2020 |
2018
Château Laffitte-Carcasset (St. Estèphe)
A good jolt of bright, fresh, sweet red currants, cedar and tobacco leaf create the core of this chewy, full-bodied, fruit filled wine. Perhaps not the most complex wine out there, but it is hard to find a better Cabernet Sauvignon based, character-filled wine for the money. 2,746 Views Tasted Mar 9, 2021 |