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Lafite-Rothschild 1982

Château Lafite-Rothschild, Bordeaux, France

Château Lafite-Rothschild
Bordeaux France
  • 99
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  • 29 Pros of
    31 recommend
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1057 99
  • Taste
  • Moment

  • Country ranking ?

    218

  • Producer ranking ?

    12

  • Decanting time

    3h

  • When to drink

    now-2035

  • Food Pairing

    Lamb Loin with Carrot Risotto

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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 näher...

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Vintage 1982

1982 von James Suckling

Der Jahrgang 1982 in Bordeaux hat die Weinwelt und mein Leben verändert. Es war der erste Jahrgang, den ich als junger Weinautor, der für das amerikanische Magazin The Wine Spectator arbeitete, aus dem Fass verkostete, und ich war erstaunt, wie großartig die Qualität eines jungen Rotweins im Fass sein konnte.

Ich erinnere mich an die ersten Fassproben, die ich im Sommer 1983 im Château Prieuré-Lichine mit dem vers...

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Average Bottle Price

2023 2021 2019 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011 2010 2005 2000 1995
2 150€ +8.6% 1 980€ -12.0% 2 250€ -13.1% 2 590€ +3.6% 2 501€ +19.2% 2 099€ -21.8% 2 683€ -2.2% 2 743€ -0.4% 2 754€ -19.3% 3 411€ +58.7% 2 150€ +305.7% 530€ +70.4% 311€ +32.9% 234€

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

38 tasting notes

Tasting note

color

Tief, Purpur and Blass

ending

Mittel, Pur and Rund

flavors

Blackcurrant, Pfeffer, Getoasted, Zeder, Brombeere and Vanille

nose

Pur, Komplex, Opulent and Intensiv

recommend

Ja

taste

Mittlere Säure, Wärmend, Mittleres Tannin, Gut integriert, Harmonisch, Gut strukturiert, Erste Reifetöne, Leichter Körper, Fokussiert, Rund, Reich, Trocken and Überforderndes Tannin

Verdict

Abgerundet and Vollmundig

Written Notes

Bordeaux was next, beginning with a trio of 1982s.  It’s tough to reconcile how when I started in the business about 20 years ago, the 1961s were in the same spot that the 1982s are now.  They are now the 61s of twenty years ago!  Somehow, it just doesn’t compute, but that’s what it is.  We kept it all Pauillac, and all First Growth, beginning with the 1982 Lafite Rothschild.  The Lafite has always been one of the more elegant ‘82s, and this bottle was clean and lean with long and pleasing, classic qualities.  The pencil and cedar dueled in its nose, and LA Confidential found its ‘perfume longer.’  This was a beauty not a beast, and surprisingly good with a beet dish, although I was dreading the combination.  It actually pushed it from that 95/96 point border to (96).

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  • 96p

The 1982 Lafite-Rothschild can be a variable performer. There was a period when it was dwarfed by Latour. However, two recent bottles demonstrate a wine that perhaps has just taken 30+ years to reach its zenith. The bouquet is very intense with blackberry, cedar, graphite and hints of morels, gathering momentum in the glass, perhaps with just a touch more VA than its peers. The palate is medium-bodied and very fresh, lively and tensile with a fine thread of acidity. There is more cohesion and finesse than bottles encountered a decade ago, and a delicate but firm structure that frames the pure blackberry and cedar notes on the sustained finish. Wonderful. Tasted at the Lafite-Rothschild dinner at Amuse Bouche in Hong Kong and then blind at the Lafite-Rothschild 150th anniversary dinner at the property.

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  • 97p

The fruit is quite pretty. There is an elegance and purity to the red berries that shows, but the wine is also light for the vintage. Refined, elegant, silky and pure, with cherry, cedar and tobacco notes that carry through, this is drinking where it needs to be. I just wish it showed more depth and intensity, especially considering the vintage, and how well the other First Growths did in this vintage.

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  • 96p

This is a denser version of the 1990 that stylistically reminds me of what the young 1959 probably tasted like. Still backward with a deep ruby/plum color revealing only a touch of lightening at the edge, the wine offers up an extraordinary nose of caramelized herbs, smoke, cedar, pen ink, black currants, and earth. The gorgeous aromatics are followed by a full-bodied, plump, rich, fleshy wine with low acidity. With 6-8 hours decanting in a closed decanter, it will offer beautiful drinking, but it needs another 5-8 years to reach full maturity. It is capable of lasting 50-60 years. This classic Lafite is not as fat and concentrated as the 1982 Latour, nor as complex or concentrated as the 1982 Mouton Rothschild, but it is a winner all the same.

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  • 97p
Lafite Rothschild 1982 97+p Incredibly refined and sophisticated aromas on the nose, aristocratic, fabulous complexity and richness. Simply outstandig wine with 50 years long life.
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  • 97p
Dark, ruby red colour. Wonderfully open, classic, Pauillac nose – cedar, blackcurrants, cigarbox, gentle toastiness and some nutmeg. Medium-bodied, absolutely polished palate with refined silky tannins, pristine purity of black fruits, and so elegant and mouthwatering lingering finish. Astonishing wine!
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  • 99p
Deep ruby. Floral notes, some cassis, licorice, very scented. Fresh acidity, ripe tannins, velvety texture, good fruit. Way better after an hour, but, not optimal.
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  • 93p
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Origin

Pauillac, Bordeaux

Vintage Quality

Outstanding

Release state price

42$

Investment potential

Good

Fake factory

Serious

Glass time

2h

Drinking temperature

18C
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