events

OCTOBER
2009

19 Monday

Smith Haut Lafitte Wine Dinner with Daniel & Florence Cathiard (7.30pm for 8pm)

Date: 19 October 2009

Price: £125

Venue: Green's Cornhill, 14 Cornhill, London, EC3

Smith Haut Lafitte is one of our favourite Bordeaux chateaux. The wines are textbook Graves - elegant, well-balanced and minerally with fantastic balance - and are always much sought after by lovers of classically styled Bordeaux.

In Robert Parker's words:

"Kudos to the Cathiard family, who acquired this once under-performing estate in 1990. They have spared no expense or effort in producing wines (both red and white) that are among the finest in Bordeaux in virtually every vintage."

We are delighted that owners Daniel and Florence Cathiard are coming to London on Monday, October 19th to host a special winemaker dinner featuring wines from both Smith Haut Lafitte and its sister property, Chateau Cantelys.

The dinner will take place in the private dining room at the brand new Green's Restaurant on Cornhill in the City. We will match the wines to a specially designed three course menu.

Numbers for this fantastic dinner are very limited and tickets cost £125 per person.

The line-up of wines for the dinner is as follows:

  • Chateau Cantelys Blanc 2003

Rich, ripe white Graves with fantastic power and length.

  • Chateau Cantelys Rouge 2000

Textbook, minerally Pessac red from the superb 2000 vintage.

  • Chateau Smith Haut Lafitte Blanc 2006

"Another gorgeous white Graves from this vintage, this wine offers up notes of honeysuckle, lanolin, sweet citrus, and hints of orange peel as well as quince and white currants." 93pts, Robert Parker

  • Chateau Smith Haut Lafitte Rouge 2001

"The 2001 red may not have as much power as the 2000, but it is very close in quality... (an) elegant, stylish, deep ruby/purple-colored effort" 92pts, Robert Parker

  • Chateau Smith Haut Lafitte Rouge 2000

"A sensational effort, and undeniably the finest wine to ever emerge from this estate, the opaque purple-colored 2000 offers scents of tobacco, camphor, graphite, creme de cassis, and licorice." 94pts, Robert Parker

  • Chateau Smith Haut Lafitte Rouge 1995 (Magnum)

"Lush, with ripe cassis fruit on the attack, outstanding balance, medium body, and layers of intensity, this is an elegant, graceful, smoothly textured, beautifully made Bordeaux." 90pts, Robert Parker

Please arrive at 7.30pm to start dinner at 8pm

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Bibendum reserves the right to cancel any event due to unforseen circumstances, in which case the full ticket value will be refunded. Bookings will be confirmed prior to the event. Bibendum regrets that tickets are non-refundable unless cancelled at least two weeks prior to the event. Every effort will be made to re-sell cancelled tickets until that time, though any refund will be subject to a 10% admin charge. We reserve the right to refuse entry. E & OE.