Château Lafite, 2005 Sweets exuding notes of pear and

exuding notes of pear and acacia honey

ripe and sweet with good length

mainly forest fruits but with a slightly spicy accent and a little pepper

a complex blend around six grape varieties planted on a limestone gravel terroir

exotic cuisine and strong cheese like Munster or Epoisses

Château Lafite, 2005 Sweets exuding notes of pear andHaving tasted the 2005 Chteau Lafite Rothschild several times both blind and non blind, it comes across as a First Growth politely requesting more time to settle. Here, from an ex chteau bottle tasted in Bordeaux, it delivers that graphite, pencil box bouquet that unfurls gradually in the glass, biding its time, graceful but not intense. Parallel to some of its fellow 2005s, it is developing a little more spice, namely thyme and sage, than I recall.