Château Smith Haut Lafitte is an estate winery in Martillac in the Pessac-Léognan AOC on the left bank of the Bordeaux region. 

Owner: SARL Daniel Cathiard. See also Château Cantelys.

Terroir: The finest terroir in Martillac. The vineyard of Château Smith-Haut-Lafitte is unusual for containing some Gunzian gravel deposits more usually the preserve of the Right Bank.

Wines

Pessac-Léognan Blanc AOC, Les Hauts de Smith: 1994 Lacks acidity, burnt wood and Semillon, rubber (Grands Blancs 1996).

Pessac Léognan Blanc AOC, Château Smith Haut Lafitte: 1984 Animal, marzipan (Grands Blancs 1996). | 1993 Burnt rubber, acetaldehyde too, lacks genuine richness (Grands Blancs 1996). | 1994 Lacks grip, woody, fruit weight lacking, rubber, not great (Grands Blancs 1996). | 1995 Much more aromatic than 1994, smells of fine lees, tighter, earlier ripening and maybe a different blend from 1994 (Grands Blancs 1996).

Pessac-Léognan Rouge AOC, Les Hauts de Smith: 

Pessac Léognan Rouge AC, Château Smith Haut Lafitte: 1985 The Cabernets blocked (did not ripen). | 1986 The Cabernets blocked (did not ripen).

Tourism: Vinothérapie. Sources des Caudalies.

Contact

Château Smith Haut Lafitte

Chemin de Smith Haut Lafitte, F-33650 Martillac (Gironde), France

Tel+33 (0)5.57.83.11.22