Les Hauts de Smith Blanc, Pessac-Leognan

Chateau Smith Haut Lafitte · Bordeaux › Pessac-Leognan › France

White · Sauvignon Blanc
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LWIN 1017106
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91 /100
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25
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91.5
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94
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Taster #0794 · May 6, 2025
92/100
See note of February, 2024. As previous notes. However, a light butteriness has presented, plus that smokiness and tickle to the palette one experiences with a Pouilly-Fumé. A truly exceptional, extraordinary and captivating wine. I suspect, much overlooked for enjoyment.
2019 vintage
Taster #8641 · Mar 2, 2025
92/100
No detailed notes. A bit more mature than the first bottle of this wine, drunk in February 2024. Still very nice! 91-92.
2019 vintage
Taster #8641 · Feb 22, 2024
92/100
Nice tropical fruit with hints of mango and banana and a modest acidity. A well balanced, rather soft, delicate and rather complex wine. Delicious. Indeed a nice match with mussels, and probably also with cheeses like Comte, Reblochon and St. Nectaire. 92
2019 vintage
Taster #0794 · Feb 7, 2024
90/100
Coravined a half bottle to assess a reference for future tasting. Three and a half bottles left. Reveal approaching one hour from initial pour. Soft but translucent amber-green in colour. Nose: slight smoke, subtle scents of guava, white peach, lentil, and sweet peas. Light oily viscosity. Dry, with soft mouthfeel. Fresh and joyful but subdued; young, so much more to anticipate. Delightful. Shall decant remaining half bottle for two hours and compare. Suggest oysters, prawns, scallops, crab, etc. Delicate white …
2019 vintage
Taster #2870 · Nov 1, 2023
88/100
Bright yellow. First fresh. A bit of fruit vanishes quickly and gives way to more balsamic notes like hay, wax. Fresh tree bark. First second better in the mouth with fresh acidity and a creamy mouthfeel. Turns quickly a bit unpleasant. Retronasal balsamic in the mouth which stays unpleasingly long. 13 vol alcohol are present. My wife denied drinking. Better on day 2. Unpleasant aromas are muted however acidity is down too.
2012 vintage
Taster #3402 · Sep 16, 2023
91/100
Auberge Dab lunch with plateau magnifique. Charming nose of lemon, a little hazelnut, med+ richness more lemon and a fine long saline finish. Perfect with the seafood. I really enjoyed this.
2019 vintage
Taster #6503 · Jun 11, 2023
92/100
Drinks well now, light aromas of citrus with good length.
2019 vintage
Taster #3034 · May 13, 2023
Enjoyable. But definitely no rush to drink. 5 left and I plan to save at least a few for the end of this decade.
2019 vintage
Taster #2181 · Apr 29, 2023
93/100
Very linear palate with citrus and vanilla and white peach. Mineral mouthwatering finish. Very classy.
2019 vintage
Taster #5927 · Oct 15, 2022
93/100
Pale yellow color. Aromas of citrus, banana skins, floral bouquet and minerals. Ripe, nicely balanced fruit in the mouth with excellent depth and length. Lively and persistent on the palate. Though young, delicious and detailed. Very impressive for a second wine.
2019 vintage
Taster #2634 · Sep 17, 2022
90/100
No formal note
2012 vintage
Taster #4219 · Aug 25, 2022
94/100
A collector friend opened this with dinner tonight. Drank my very last bottle a few months back.....what luck! On nose and palate: balanced notes of citrus,oak, melon, roasted almonds, figs, and more firm acidity, and less barley sugar notes.....full bodied , elegant and still age worthy....a finish with notes of ginger and green peach.
2012 vintage
Taster #2634 · Jun 24, 2022
91/100
No formal note
2012 vintage
Taster #4240 · May 15, 2022
92/100
Drinking excellently now and will improve in the next 3 or 4 years. Balanced acidity and richness for a sauvignon Blanc with a distinct white flower and iodine note that complement this wine wonderfully. Drank well with shrimp, angel hair, and extra virgin olive oil and would be great with shrimp scampi generally I had half the bottle. Drunk over one night. Vvv
2019 vintage
Taster #3123 · May 2, 2022
90/100
Fresh, juicy, aromatic with some backbone. Easy drinking style, still with substance. #podcast
2019 vintage
Taster #9015 · Mar 29, 2022
92/100
Vibrant, fresh and juicy with all the green apples, grapefruit and sweet lemon rind you could ask for. Luscious, fresh, fruity and already a treat to taste. Drink from 2022-2028. The wine is 100% Sauvignon Blanc. Drink from 2022-2028.
2019 vintage
Taster #7861 · Feb 26, 2022
91/100
Really needing to be drunk up soon, it is rich on the palate with peach and a clean crisp finish.
2005 vintage
Taster #4219 · Feb 26, 2022
93/100
So....4th and LAST bottle of this wine! On nose and palate: barley sugar, tart apple and lemon curd....as it warms up, ginger, roasted almonds, sea salt , and a dry floral character, on a rich, medium body braced with still clean present acidity....great with salmon or pasta Alfredo with cream sauce. PS: this wine is the same price as the underwhelming Cakebread Sauv Blanc 2020, recently tasted!
2012 vintage
Taster #2634 · Feb 14, 2022
90/100
No formal notes
2012 vintage
Taster #4219 · Nov 20, 2021
93/100
Bottle #3. Over a year since last tasted. On nose and palate: all flavours and nuances intact , with a slight softening of the acidity, the wine appears richer, without being heavy , or overly oaked. Notes of ginger, and a ghost of lilac flower enhance the complex notes of barley sugar , lemon and tart apple ...smoke and fresh pineapple , with a clean sea salt finish ....no hint of oxidation after 9 years....I have ONE more bottle.
2012 vintage
Taster #9015 · Jun 8, 2020
92/100
Grapefruit, green apple, honeysuckle, mango, banana and a touch of vanilla make a beautiful nose. Lush, fresh, juicy and with sweet yellow fruits and white flowers in the mouth. This is a serious white Bordeaux that sells for a song. The wine is 100% Sauvignon Blanc. 92 Pts
2019 vintage
Taster #4219 · May 4, 2020
92/100
The #2 bottle of this wine: Well.....over a year ago I reviewed a bottle of this property that was underwhelming....this isn't!. On nose: as before , notes of barley sugar , apple and meyer lemon. On palate : follow through of ALL above flavours , woven into subdued oak, notes of smoke, spiky , refreshing pineapple , lively minerality and a whisp of salted butter with lively acidity and a note of tangerine as it warms up after an hour …
2012 vintage
Taster #5237 · May 29, 2016
94/100
This is absolutely delicious. Honey pineapple and other yumminess. Some salinity and smokiness too. Mmmmm.
2012 vintage
Taster #1243 · Dec 18, 2014
89/100
Nice floral and good dose of mineral. Some gooseberry and kiwi fruit. Would be very good when it has some weight in a few years time.
2012 vintage
Taster #9015 · Apr 25, 2013
89/100
From 100% Sauvignon Blanc, the wine offers fresh lemon rind, lime and hints of tangerine, finishing with fresh citrus notes. 88-90 Pts
2012 vintage
Taster #9564 · Nov 13, 2012
92/100
the second of smith!
2005 vintage
Taster #2741 · May 20, 2011
gold and shiny. very intense nose of peach, cream and wool. dry mouth with consistent tastes, plus liquorice and something stony. quite dense. long. very good bottle, but not really to my taste. woudl go well with fish with sauce or veal.
2005 vintage