Château Smith Haut Lafitte Pessac-Léognan Cru Classé de Graves 1999

A classically-structured vintage, showcasing tertiary flavours of forest floor, tar, soy sauce, blackberry, raspberry and soft waves of soot and campfire smoke. Enjoyable, very much in its drinking window. 1995 was the first year at the estate for technical director Fabien Teitgen, so this was his fourth vintage, and the end of the first decade under Daniel and Florence Cathiard as owners.