Château Smith Haut Lafitte Pessac-Léognan Blanc White Bordeaux Blend 2005

Jay Kline

Opened prior to dinner and enjoyed over the course of a few hours. The 2005 Blanc pours a deep straw color with medium+ viscosity. On the nose, the wine is developing with powerful notes of ripe and tart orchard fruit: grapefruit, Meyer lemon, verbena, crème brûlée, honeysuckle, some pyrazines, a touch grassy, and warm wet rocky earth. On the palate, the wine is dry with medium+ acid. Confirming the notes from the nose where the fruit comes across a touch more round (vintage playing role) but the acid is definitely giving more than adequate lift. The finish is long. The texture is viscous. Drink now through 2035.

Gus Kalaris

Incredibly good at 11 out of very well kept 375ml

Laurent Courtial

Red not white

Christian Baeppler

Expected this to be rather fat then mineral. Instead lovely line of acid and complex flavours of honey, lemon curd and hints of kerosene from barrel ageing. Beautiful to drink now! Our wine of the night!

Cristin Brown

Surprise #2

Fred Swan

From the cellar... drinking nicely, still youthful. A fair dollop of oak but plenty of fruit.

Johan Bogaert

Now past its prime. Still oily and nutty, but with a strong note of oxidation. We did not finish the bottle.

Tom Gutting

2005.

Benjamin Keator

Good acid but short finish

Thijs Hendriks

Oxidated