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1870 Chateau Lafite Rothschild:
5* Michael Broadbent
Ch Lafite One of the all time greats and, at its best, a powerhouse, massively endowed with every conceivable component. In fact, such a powerful and tannic wine that it was virtually undrinkable for half a century. Nevertheless, bottlings varied, and, as always, provenance plays a part. I have had the opportunity to taste, and drink the 1870 Lafite on sixteen occasions starting, howeve...
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The Story
The Château Lafite estate run by the Rothschilds is, with its 100 hectares of cultivated land, the largest of the main Pauillac vineyards.
It is located in the highest part of the area and the view from its château, with its conical towers that appear on the label, takes in the banks of the River Gironde, which flows nearby. The wines are a blend of four different varieties of grape – Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, Petite Verdot and Cabernet F...
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1870 Château Lafite-Rothschild 100 points / This wine was out of this world – an immortal wine as I then said. My friend had acquired the 1870 Lafite in 1979 at auction for about nine hundred pounds. It was one of 41 famous bottles that had laid untouched in the cellars of Glamis Castle for nearly a decade. The wine had in its time been bottled in Scotland by Coningham and had come to public sale for the first time at Cristie´s auction on June...
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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.