Lafite - 1999 (750ml) Damaged Label Size:750ml Anticipated maturity: Now-2002

Anticipated maturity: Now-2002

Robert Parker - 94+ points

While the 1982 is a beauty

The unusually large percentage of Petit Verdot gives the wine more structure and less initial charm

but should hold there for easily another 15-20 years

Lafite - 1999 (750ml) Damaged Label Size:750ml Anticipated maturity: Now-2002The 1999 Lafite Rothschild sports an engraved "1999" on the bottle along with an eclipse to mark that significant historical event of August, 1999. It is a quintessential offering from Lafite Rothschild. This prodigious wine is both elegant and intensely flavored, and almost diaphanous in its layers that unfold with no heaviness. An opaque ruby purple color is accompanied by a complex bouquet of lead pencil, graphite, cedar, creme de cassis, toast,