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Château Lafite-Rothschild
Bordeaux Ranska
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Lafite-Rothschild 1945

Château Lafite-Rothschild, Bordeaux, Ranska

  • Maakohtainen sijoitus ?

    631

  • Tuottajan sijoitus ?

    26

  • Dekantointi Aika

    1h

  • Viini on parhaimmillaan

    now

  • Ruokasuositus

Ruokasuositus

lamb Stew with Spring Vegetables

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Punaviini, Lafite-Rothschild 1945
Lafite-Rothschild 1945,
Château Lafite-Rothschild,
Bordeaux, Ranska, Punaviini

  • Users

    89p

  • Pros

    93p

  • Fine

    94p

  • Users

    89p

  • Pros

    93p

  • Fine

    94p

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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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Wine Information

Château Lafite Rothschild 1945 is a legendary, towering monument of wine history, celebrated as the crown jewel of the historic post-WWII "Victory Vintage". The 1945 growing season in Bordeaux was fraught with challenges, starting with a severe spring frost on May 1st that drastically reduced yields. However, a scorching, dry summer followed, allowing the surviving grapes to achieve miraculous, unprecedented levels of sugar concentration, ripe...

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Vuosikerta 1945

The world’s best wine vintage – 1947 or 1945? Tastingbook tasted all the best wines from these two great vintages.

If the wine producers from different regions were asked to name the best vintages from their winemaking history, the most would name 1947 or 1945 as one of the great ones. If we then compared them together there would be most likely only one vintage that the most if not every producer had named on list – 1947.

We wanted to t...

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Viinin keskihinta

Year Price Change
2026 4 120€ +14.8%
2025 3 590€ +56.8%
2023 2 290€ +0.4%
2021 2 280€ +20.6%
2019 1 890€ -18.2%
2017 2 310€ +4.5%
2016 2 210€ +0.9%
2015 2 190€ +10.2%
2014 1 988€ -14.3%
2013 2 320€ -6.5%
2012 2 480€ -14.2%
2011 2 890€ -10.2%
2010 3 220€ +333.4%
2005 743€ +90.5%
2000 390€ +21.9%
1995 320€ -
Year Price Change
2026 4 120€ +14.8%
2025 3 590€ +56.8%
2023 2 290€ +0.4%
2021 2 280€ +20.6%
2019 1 890€ -18.2%
2017 2 310€ +4.5%
2016 2 210€ +0.9%
2015 2 190€ +10.2%
2014 1 988€ -14.3%
2013 2 320€ -6.5%
2012 2 480€ -14.2%
2011 2 890€ -10.2%
2010 3 220€ +333.4%
2005 743€ +90.5%
2000 390€ +21.9%
1995 320€ -

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.

Viimeisimmät viinimuistiinpanot

21 Viiniarviota

Viiniarvio

color

Medium, Brownish ja Dark

ending

Medium, Smooth, Extensive ja Harsh

flavors

Blackcurrant, Cedar ja Chocolate

nose

Unclean, Volatile, Refined ja Mature

taste

Average in Acidity, Low tannin, Complex, Perfectly balanced, Mature, Medium-bodied, Aggressive, Round, Vivid, Vigor ja Medium-Dry

Loppupäätelmä

Transparent ja Sophisticated

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The 1945 Lafite Rothschild had signature lead pencil but also a bit of locker room to its nose. Its palate was light and elegant, atypical for the vintage. It was Burgundian in style compared to the rest of its counterparts in this spectacular quintet. This was an elegant wine, a 93 point bottle at best but really a 92. It was ultimately the least wine in this best flight (92).

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  • 92p

Amazing nose of plums and delicate currants. Full and wonderfully silky and dense with a light plum jam and bright acidity. Phenomenal finish. Delicate and fruity.

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  • 99p

Lafite 1945 – at first sip it was obvious, that something superb from Haut Medoc was in the glass. Well-preserved cherries on the nose and palate, acidity was there and supported fruit in an exemplary way, pure elegance and sophisticated touch, great complexity and lingering finish. Well-stored wine for sure. 95p.

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  • 95p

This bottle of 1945 Lafite-Rothschild comes from famous Graham Lyons cellar and was re-corked in 1983. It actually snowed at Lafite-Rothschild on 1 May that year when the vines were already 15 days in advance, summer saw sporadic hail and harvest commenced on 13 September with berries at miraculously ripe levels. What a wine! Deeper in color than the 1949 Lafite-Rothschild, the 1945 has a haunting bouquet, with vestiges of red fruit mixed with graphite, cold stone, crushed rose petals and briary. It gently builds in the glass and with aeration becomes ever more vivid and delineated. The palate is medium-bodied with filigree tannin, perfect acidity, pure and weightless, one of the most nuanced 1945s you will find. It is utterly sublime, never showing off and never trying too hard. It just shimmers with a pedigree that is undiminished after the passing decades. This might be one of the occasions where I prefer the Lafite-Rothschild to the more ostentatious 1945 Latour. Tasted at the Lafite-Rothschild dinner at Amuse Bouche in Hong Kong.

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  • 98p
This has the lightest colour of the premier crus, now quite tawny. It has a delicate nose of dried roses and tea leaves. A lovely, sweet wine. Lingering finish. A wine that needs your attention. Very delicate and quite unique. Needs decanting and attention to really appreciate.
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  • 92p
This bottle turned out to be slightly volatile and suffered from the oxidation. It was lacking the refined and complex layers that are normally found from Lafite 45. Despite that, it hit still 90 points from me. Lafite elegance is still there and I love it!
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  • 90p
LAFITE ROTHSCHILD 1945 This is a vexing Lafite. At its best, a glorious wine, and on one occasion, a heady Latour vertical at the Beau Rivage (where it was served after the tasting with dinner), it rivaled the best Latours we had tasted and almost stole the show! On most occasions, it seems to have enormous bottle variation, and this wasn’t its best moment. The color was slightly cloudy, a light ruby red. An earthy, dusty, slightly drying out nose greeted us. Initially this was somewhat astringent on the palate, but again with the food, it made a slight rally. Caramel emerged, the fruit became more expressive, and the finish smoothed out, though still there was a distracting sharpness there. 89 Points
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Tietoja

Alkuperä

Pauillac, Bordeaux

Vuosikerran laatu

Ylivertainen

Hintansa arvoinen

Tuhlaat rahasi

Sijoituspotentiaali

Hyvä

Väärennösriski

Huomattava

Viinin kestävyys lasissa

1h

Sisäpiiritietoa

Château Lafite-Rothschild--Vintage 1945 
Pauillac, 1er cru classé
Levels: into neck; bin soiled labels, three wrinkled labels, Rebouché en 1991
"My most recent notes include a flawless magnum at the Eisengatz tasting in 1993 and an extraordinarily good magnum, despite its mid-shoulder level, at Christen Sveass' great dinner in Oslo. The cork was sound so the air in the ullage must have been benign. The wine had a beautiful colour; medium deep, with rich legs but not intense, unlike the flanking Margaux and La Mission, the colors of which seemed to press the sides of the glass. Just about every note over the years refers to a glorious fragrance which seems to unravel itself after 15 to 20 minutes in the glass. Also noticed at the Sveass dinner, and previously, its sweetness to which one adds, unoriginally, rich, soft with masked tannins. A glorious mouthful. Last noted April 1996 *****" MB, Vintage Wine

 

Wine Advocate #90
Dec 1993		 Robert M. Parker, Jr. 81 Drink: N/A $1526-$4818
This is not the first uninspiring performance I have encountered from the 1945. The exceptionally light ruby/orange color is surprising given the opacity of most wines from this vintage. A sterile nose reveals vague, earthy, dusty, herb, tea, and cherry aromas. Lean, with frightfully high acidity, this wine is drying out. Out of balance, it will get more attenuated with cellaring.
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