{"id":25426,"date":"2016-06-20T12:31:02","date_gmt":"2016-06-20T11:31:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.leaandsandeman.co.uk\/blog\/?p=25426"},"modified":"2016-06-20T13:13:52","modified_gmt":"2016-06-20T12:13:52","slug":"2014-bordeaux-nearly-thank-goodness-chateau-lafite","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.leaandsandeman.co.uk\/blog\/2016\/06\/2014-bordeaux-nearly-thank-goodness-chateau-lafite\/","title":{"rendered":"2015 Bordeaux &#8211; L&#8217;\u00c9vangile, Carruades &#038; (soon) Ch\u00e2teau Lafite"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This afternoon will apparently see the release of Ch\u00e2teau Lafite, the most regal of all the firsts.<\/p>\n<p>Before that we have the release of Pomerol belonging to the Rothchilds of Lafite, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.leaandsandeman.co.uk\/wine\/2015-CHATEAU-L-EVANGILE-Pomerol-Chateau-L-Evangile-23325-00.html?category=261\">2015\u00a0CH\u00c2TEAU L&#8217;\u00c9VANGILE<\/a>, and Lafite&#8217;s second wine, darling of the Asian market, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.leaandsandeman.co.uk\/wine\/2015-CARRUADES-DE-CHATEAU-LAFITE-Pauillac-23296-00.html?category=261\">2015\u00a0CARRUADES DE CH\u00c2TEAU LAFITE<\/a>. l&#8217;\u00c9vangile follows the releases of Vieux Ch\u00e2teau Certan (sold out) and Ch\u00e2teau l&#8217;\u00c9glise Clinet (a limited amount remains), and is pitched in price between the two, a price that might seem reasonable given the extravagant notes from all the critics.<\/p>\n<p><em>&#8216;&#8230;a wonderful sense of symmetry and finishing with precision and class. This could well be the pick of the wines from the Domaines Barons Rothschild stable in 2015 and kudos to winemaker Jean-Pascal Vazart.&#8217;<\/em> 96 &#8211; 98 Neal Martin, www.erobertparker.com<\/p>\n<p><em>&#8216;What a wine here&#8230; Marvelous&#8217;<\/em> 99 &#8211; 100 James Suckling, <em><strong>&#8216;One of the highlights of the year,<\/strong> the 2015 L&#8217;\u00c9vangile is deep, powerful and intense, with remarkable concentration and plenty of power.&#8217;<\/em> 94-97 Antonio Galloni.<\/p>\n<p>If you want first dibs on <strong>Lafite<\/strong> itself, email now, (it commits you to nothing).<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_25437\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blog-2207a.kxcdn.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/IMG_1470-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-25437\" class=\"size-full wp-image-25437\" src=\"https:\/\/blog-2207a.kxcdn.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/IMG_1470-1.jpg\" alt=\"Charles Chevalier, Lafite winemaker, with his double portrait\" width=\"700\" height=\"508\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-25437\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Charles Chevalier, Lafite winemaker, with his double portrait<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This afternoon will apparently see the release of Ch\u00e2teau Lafite, the most regal of all the firsts. 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