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Opus one 2012 vs chateaux margaux skin#
This Pauillac lookalike, made by the staff at Mouton Rothschild, is a beauty.Ĭabernet Sauvignon 79%, Cabernet Franc 7%, Petit Verdot 6%, Merlot 6%, and Malbec 2% Skin Contact This refined and age-worthy wine simultaneously offers a long lingering finish, with lively acidity and a sturdy structure at the close.
The wine’s round mouthfeel and satiny tannins wrap around classic flavors of cassis, blackberry and black cherry. The 2012 Opus One effuses fresh dark fruit aromas accentuated by subtler notes of forest-floor and graphite. Through careful and precise management of the incoming fruit, harvest continued evenly until it was completed on October 20th. Picking started on September 21st at the fresh fruit stage of ripeness to keep flavors bright and lively.
At harvest, the fruit exhibited the classic style of our Oakville estate vineyards with incredible depth of flavor, layers of complexity and excellent structure. Mother Nature continued to favor the vintage with a superb growing season characterized by moderate temperatures and bountiful sunshine resulting in one of the valley’s most exceptional vintages. Today, his daughter Saskia de Rothschild represents the 6th generation of the family at the head of the winemaking properties.After a warm and dry winter, generous rains returned in March just in time for bud-break and provided the water needed for the rest of the year. In 1985 Baron Eric began a tradition of inviting fine-arts photographers to photograph Chateau Lafite. Thomas Jefferson was also a steadfast customer and even visited the estate. After the 1973-1976 mini-crisis that hit Bordeaux, Baron Eric’s management of the estate made strides forward with a search for excellence and the gradual addition of a new technical team. Jacques de Ségur was credited with the planting of the Lafite vineyard in the 1670s and in the early 1680s. The estate achieved wide popularity in the 1750s when it became the favorite wine of King Louis XV. There were probably already vineyards on the property at the time when the Ségur family organised the vineyard in the 17th century, and Lafite began to earn its reputation as a great winemaking estate. The name Lafite comes from the Gascon language term “la hite”, which means “hillock”.
The vintage rankings of the Universal Paris Exposition in 1855 officially gave Lafite the rating as “Leader among fine wines.” While the first known reference to Lafite dates to 1234 with a certain Gombaud de Lafite, abbot of the Vertheuil Monastery north of Pauillac, Lafite’s mention as a medieval fief dates to the 14th century. Chateau Lafite Rothschild is one of only four classified first growths and thus the designation as 1st er Cru.
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