(1998 Vintage) Rating: 93/100 - As reviewed by Wine Spectator on 01/31/01

(1998 Vintage) Rating: (91-94) - As reviewed in Wine Advocate # 122 on Apr-99

(1998 Vintage) Rating: 94(+?) - As reviewed by Stephen Tanzer's International Wine Cellar on May-01

(2002 Vintage) "A brilliant offering and a candidate for wine of the vintage, this is classic Lafite that reminded me somewhat of the 1976, although the vintage conditions were completely different. This is a medium-weight, quintessentially elegant style of Lafite with notes of lead pencil shavings/graphite along with black currants, plums, and crushed rocks/mineral. Wonderfully pure, dense, with a deep ruby/purple color and loads of fruit, definition, and a long finish, this is a brilliant, elegant Lafite Roth...

(1996 Vintage) ($335-$346) Full, deep ruby, by far the darkest of these vintages. Knockout nose of great precision: cassis, black cherry, lead pencil, licorice, dried herbs and mint. Densely packed and extremely unevolved; a powerfully structured wine with uncanny precision and penetration. Finishes with powerful, firm tannins and exceptional mounting persistence. An infant, but a great Northern Medoc '96 in the making.