CRITIC REVIEWS
Neal Martin
The 2022 Smith Haut Lafitte Blanc which Fabien Teitgen told me was not picked too early like other chateaux has a very fine bouquet of mainly yellow fruit, Anjou pear and beeswax scents, as a fennel tincture gradually surfaces in the glass. The palate is well balanced with lemon curd, white peach and a hint of mango. It shows fine delineation and a little more tension than its peers, representing one of the best examples in a vintage that did not really favor dry whites.