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5* Michael Broadbent
Eight notes. Even in a vintage like this, Lafite sold their wine in bulk (by the tonneau, four barriques yielding approximately 100 dozen bottles) to Bordeaux négociants for bottling and shipping on to other merchants. The first I tasted, in 1971, had been bottled by Louis Mortier: light, refined, beautiful flavor. The same year, ‘Château Lafite Grand Vin’ could have been a Harvey’s Bristol bottling. It was a lovely, gent...
Wine Description
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...
Vintage 1899
Bordeaux: Harvest began on September 24th, and ushered in an excellent vintage, with wines of very high quality. Among the most exceptional wines of the year were Ausone, Lafite Rothschild, Latour and Haut-Brion, all of which aged well into the next century, a few still going strong today. The first Bordeaux trams began running this year, and King Oscar II of Sweden and Norway visited the Médoc, signing the guest book at Château Lafite Rothsch...
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Average Bottle Price
| 2023 | 2020 | 2017 | 2015 | 2013 | 2011 | 2010 | 2005 | 2000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 290€ +14.6% | 5 490€ -20.9% | 6 944€ +7.0% | 6 490€ +19.1% | 5 449€ +27.1% | 4 287€ -19.1% | 5 299€ +100.5% | 2 643€ -19.6% | 3 287€ |
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.