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1997 Smith Haut Lafitte

Wine Details
Place of Origin

France

Pessac Léognan Grand Cru Classé, Graves

Bordeaux

Color

Red

Grape/Blend

Bordeaux Blend

Vintages
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Daniel and Florence Cathiard, now in their tenth year at Smith Haut Lafitte, continue to refine viticulture and winemaking at this topnotch estate. With the '98 vintage, there are now small oak tanks for fermenting the red wine (small tanks are used to ferment each parcel of white wine). There are now three separate sorting tables, including one on which less-than-perfect fruit is eliminated after the clusters pass through the destemming machine. The Cathiards have been using their own compost since 1994. "This was a chemical desert when we came," noted Daniel. The Cathiards describe the 1999 cabernet sauvignon as rather tough, lacking in fat and difficult to extract. As a result, the late-picked cabernet was eliminated from the grand vin

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