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  • Country ranking ?

    592
  • Producer ranking ?

    25
  • Decanting time

    45min
  • When to drink

    now
  • Food Pairing

    None

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The Story

„Lafite hat eine Seele. Eine schöne, großzügige, freundliche Seele. Lafite verwandelt bloße Erde in einen Traum. Lafite ist Harmonie, die Harmonie zwischen Mensch und Natur. Ohne die Winzer auf Lafite gäbe es auch keinen Wein. Aber ohne den himmlischen Odem dieses einzigartigen Fleckens Erde könnten sie niemals etwas derart Herausragendes erschaffen.“

Baron Eric de Rothschild

Die Qualität des Château Lafite Rothschild bedarf keiner näheren Vorstellung. Schon 1815 verlieh ihm Guillaume Lawton höchste Ehren: „Er besitzt am meisten Eleganz und Delikatesse und hat den feinsten Körper der drei [premiers crus]“ – eine Klassifizierung, die 1855 bestätigt wird. Seine Weinberge zählen zu den schönsten Lagen im Médoc.“ Im Rahmen der Klassifizierung der Grand Crus von 1855, die anlässlich der Weltausstellung erschien, wurde das Château in der Tat in den Rang eines „Premier Grand Cru“ erhoben.

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Average Bottle Price

2023 2020 2016 2015 2012 2011 2010 2005 2000 1995
19 680€ +35.7% 14 500€ -13.9% 16 850€ +27.7% 13 200€ +26.3% 10 455€ -18.0% 12 754€ +16.3% 10 965€ +39.8% 7 845€ +72.0% 4 560€ +30.7% 3 490€

This data comes from the FINE Auction Index, a composite of average prices for wines sold at commercial auctions in 20 countries. The average prices from each year have been collected since 1990. This chart plots the index value of the average price of the wines.

Tasting note

color

Voll, Ziegelrot and Sauber

ending

Mittel, Geschmackvoll and Behutsam

flavors

Brombeere, Kaffee, Erdig, Trüffel, Blackcurrant and Minze

nose

Gereift, Reif, Pur and Edel

recommend

Ja

taste

Niedrige Säure, Wärmend, Mittleres Tannin, Perfekte Harmonie, Harmonisch, Konzentriert, Gereift, Mittlerer Körper, Rund, Elegant, Harmonisch, Süß and Seidiges Tannin

Verdict

geistreich and Sophisticated

Written Notes

Bottle with normal size and filled to mid-shoulder. Looking mature, brick red and healthy. Mature, wide, opulent, ripe and tempting on the nose. The taste is round, elegant, balanced, good texture and multi-dimensional. Medium, gentle, lingering and flavorful. Well made, intelligent and sophisticated. Decanted 15min and recommend drinking now. Costs about 5k€ + per bottle.
  • 96p
The 1870 Lafite Rotschild that followed was a bit anti-climactic to me, although five out of eight tasters preferred it. It had more obvious Cabernet in the nose. There was asphalt and meat, and despite the fact that it was richer than the 1865, it was a bit sweet for me. It got simpler in the glass, and I found it softer than I expected or wanted (93).
  • 93p

The 1870 Lafite-Rothschild is a magical wine, without question one of the finest Clarets that I have ever tasted. It has a deep colour that you would ascribe to a wine just two or three decades old. The bouquet not so much seduces the senses, but almost overwhelms them with intense scents of cedar, coniferous forest, vestiges of black fruit and juniper berries. The 1870 actually grows in stature with aeration. The palate is perfect, absolutely perfect in every single way. It is intense just like the 1953 Lafite-Rothschild, utterly harmonious with pitch-perfect acidity that lends this so much tension – remarkable after so many decades. This is a regal Lafite-Rothschild with layers of flavor: black and red fruit intermingling with a plethora of secondary notes of brown spices, molasses and a touch of tobacco on the long finish that never seems to stop. As I wrote before, it immediately puts every Claret you have ever drunk in the shade – a monumental wine that will rank as one of the finest I have encountered to the end of my days.

  • 100p
Dark, brick red colour. Intense, spicy nose with herbaceous notes, hints of mint, black fruits, and smoke. Intense, medium-bodied palate shows perfumed flavours, good tannic structure and vivid acidity. Earthy and gently spicy finish with dry moderate length. Amazingly energetic wine for its age!
  • 94p
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Origin

Pauillac, Bordeaux

Vintage Quality

Outstanding

Investment potential

Excellent

Fake factory

Serious

Glass time

30min
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