Château Lafite Rothschild 2006 is a great wine from a good Bordeaux vintage.

2006 was a good to very good Bordeaux vintage, but with considerable variation in quality within and between districts. Not as good as 2005, but the equal of the 2004 vintage. A winemaker’s vintage and knowing your producers is key. Lafite was as excellent as ever.

"The Lafite-Rothschild ’06 is blessed with a stunning nose with crystalline definition, pure Cabernet, very Margaux-like. Pure blackberry, cedar and cassis. The palate is medium-bodied, very fine tannins, wonderful balance and finesse, smooth and cohesive, pure and silky towards the caressing finish with beguiling persistence. Taut, clinical and certainly worthy of a First Growth….A wine of extraordinary intensity, texture, and depth with silky tannins as well as awesome concentration, this has turned out to be a remarkable Lafite Rothschild..." eRobertParker.com (2009, 2010)