2009 Château Smith Haut Lafitte, Pessac-Léognan, Bordeaux Saint-Julien a wine that Bruna says

a wine that Bruna says reminds her of the epic 2001 and 2004 vintages

Usually Las Cases blows this out of the water

yet it freshens up noticeably with time in the glass

keeping the wood in check

I opened a bottle from my cellar

2009 Château Smith Haut Lafitte, Pessac-Léognan, Bordeaux Saint-Julien a wine that Bruna saysThe finest wine ever made by proprietors Daniel and Florence Cathiard, the 2009 Smith Haut Lafitte exhibits an opaque blue purple color in addition to a glorious nose of acacia flowers, licorice, charcoal, blueberries, black raspberries, lead pencil shavings and incense. This massive, extraordinarily rich, unctuously textured wine may be the most concentrated effort produced to date, although the 2000, 2005 and 2010 are nearly as prodigious. A