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Lafite-Rothschild 1787

Château Lafite-Rothschild, Bordeaux, France

Château Lafite-Rothschild
Bordeaux France
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  • 3 Pros of
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    1 873

  • Producer ranking ?

    139

  • Decanting time

    20min

  • When to drink

    yesterday

  • Food Pairing

    none

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The Story

У Лафита есть душа, прекрасная, нежная и щедрая. Лафит превращает обыденность в мечту. Лафит — это гармония, гармония природы и человека, ибо без наших виноградарей не было бы Лафита». 
Барон Эрик де Ротшильд

Еще в 1815 году куртье Гийом Лоутон дал этому вину прекрасную характеристику: «Я бы назвал его самым элегантным, самым изысканным и самым деликатным со всех трех (лучших вин). Виноградники Лафит Ротшильд занимают самые лучшие площади ...

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Average Bottle Price

2024 2020
211 000€ +26.3% 167 000€

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.

Latest Pro-tasting notes

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Tasting note

recommend

no

Verdict

possible fake

Written Notes

On the eve of the French revolution, Lafite was at the height of its winemaking legacy, as witnessed in the exceptional authorship of Thomas Jefferson, future President of the United States. While serving as ambassador for the young United States Republic to the Versailles Court, this multi-faceted individual - farmer, businessman, politician, lawyer, architect, diplomat, and founder of the University of Virginia - acquired a passion for winemaking and thought about developing it in his own country. He stayed in Bordeaux in May 1787, and five days would be time enough for him to visit the major Chartrons merchants and gather a mass of information that he would report in his travel memoirs. He detailed the hierarchy of the growths, highlighting those that would go on to be the four leading wines. Château Lafite was among them. Jefferson remained a steadfast customer of Bordeaux wines until the end of his days. Lafite 1787 was the first of the ‘Jefferson’ wines to come on to the market when a single bottle was sold at Christie’s London auction house in December 1985. Starting bid was around £2000, then the bidding went quite quickly up to £7000, then to £10,000 until finally two bidders, Christopher Forbes and Marvin Shanken, were left in the running. The winning bidder was Christopher Forbes. The final price was £105,000, at the time a world record auction price for a single bottle of wine. This, probably fake 1787 Lafite showed moderately dark brown colour with lots of sediment flakes. Very evolved acetic nose delivering hints of preserved fruits and cooked vegetables. Medium-bodied palate with dominance of acidity and sweet tones. High content of volatile aromas with acetic finish. Still amazingly good structure... still no idea was it real or not:)
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Origin

Pauillac, Bordeaux

Vintage Quality

Outstanding

Value For Money

Poor

Investment potential

Excellent

Fake factory

Every second bottle is a fake

Glass time

15min
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