Awards, Ratings & Reviews
96/100 — Falstaff · 2022 Vintage, Tasted Feb 2025
95/100 — The Wine Palate · 2022 Vintage, Tasted May 2025
“Deep garnet-purple colored, notes of black cherries, juicy blackberries, and wild blueberries… finely textured, delivering wonderful tension… Nice!”
94–95/100 — Izak Litwar, Great Wines from Bordeaux · 2022 Vintage, Tasted Feb 2025
94/100 — Adrian van Velsen, vvWine.ch · 2022 Vintage, Tasted Jan 2025
94/100 — Jeff Leve, The Wine Cellar Insider · 2022 Vintage, Tasted May 2023
94–96/100 — Wine Maniacs · 2022 Vintage, Tasted Apr 2023
93/100 — VertdeVin · 2022 Vintage, Tasted Apr 2023
17/20 — Jancis Robinson · 2022 Vintage, Tasted Apr 2023
About This Wine
Carruades de Lafite is the second wine of Château Lafite Rothschild, produced from specific plots including the Carruades plateau and selected parcels within the Pauillac estate. The wine has its own identity, linked to a higher proportion of Merlot and dedicated vineyard lots.
The 2022 vintage experienced early frost events followed by a wet spring and a dry, warm summer. Harvest began on September 1 under favourable conditions, delivering fruit of very high quality.
Vinification follows traditional Bordeaux methods, with alcoholic fermentation in wooden, concrete, and stainless-steel vats, gentle pumping-over, and approximately 20 days of maceration. The wine is aged in French oak barrels made by the Tonnelleries des Domaines for around 16 months.
Specifications
- Vintage: 2022
- Grape Variety: Cabernet Sauvignon 53%, Merlot 40%, Cabernet Franc 4%, Petit Verdot 3%
- Region: Pauillac / Médoc / Bordeaux / France
- Classification: AOC Pauillac
- Fermentation: Wooden, concrete and stainless-steel vats
- Maturation: 16 months in French oak barrels
- Alcohol: 13.5%
- Acidity pH: 3.71
- Total Acidity: 3.7 g/L
- Closure: Cork
- Drinking Window: 2028–2055
