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  • Country ranking ?

    215
  • Producer ranking ?

    10
  • Decanting time

    3h
  • When to drink

    from 2025
  • Food Pairing

    roasted chicken with herbs

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Dieser Wein hat eine sehr dunkle Farbe und verbreitet violette Lichtreflexe, die von seiner großen Jugend zeugen.

In der Nase zeigt er sich noch etwas zurückhaltend. Das ist angesichts seiner Jugend nicht weiter überraschend. Man erkennt bereits eine schöne Tiefe und große Komplexität. Noten von frischen Erdbeeren und Tabak, mit denen die Holztöne perfekt verschmolzen sind.
Der Anklang ist gleichermaßen geschmeidig wie machtvoll. Am Gaumen nimmt er zunehmend Raum ein, um dann auf sanfte Weise in ein bereits sehr hoch angesiedeltes Plateau zu münden.
Keinerlei Aggressivität, wunderbare Ausgewogenheit und ein sehr langes Finale.
Dieser Lafite bringt heute nur einen Bruchteil seines Potenzials zu Tage. Es wird sich lohnen, ihm noch einige Jahre Zeit zu gönnen.

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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 näheren Vorstellung. Schon 1815 verlieh ihm Guillaume Lawton höchste Ehren: „Er besitzt am meisten Eleganz und Delikatesse und hat den feinsten Körper der drei [premiers crus]“ – eine Klassifizierung, die 1855 bestätigt wird. Seine Weinberge zählen zu den schönsten Lagen im Médoc.“ Im Rahmen der Klassifizierung der Grand Crus von 1855, die anlässlich der Weltausstellung erschien, wurde das Château in der Tat in den Rang eines „Premier Grand Cru“ erhoben.

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Auch in diesem Jahr konnten wir ein Phänomen beobachten, das seit einigen Jahren regelmäßig wiederkehrt. Der Winter begann zunächst mit einer milden und trockenen Periode und weichte dann Ende Januar einer Phase mit wohltuender Kälte und Niederschlägen. Die Reben trieben wie gewohnt Anfang April aus. Daraufhin konnten sich die Triebe dank der Wasserreserven und des gemäßigten Klimas zügig entwickeln. Aufgrund des guten Vegetationsfortschritts kam es im Juni zu einer frühzeitigen und einheitlichen Rebblüte, gute Voraussetzungen also für die spätere Weinlese.
Das ozeanische Klima des Flussmündungsgebiets milderte die hohen Temperaturen des heißen Sommers ein wenig ab. Trotzdem entstand ein ausgeprägter Trockenstress. Die Regenfälle im August brachten jedoch die für die Farbentwicklung und eine perfekte Beerenreife erforderliche Frische. Zum Zeitpunkt der Weinlese herrschten genau die richtigen Bedingungen, um das Beste aus jeder Parzelle hervorzubringen.

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Average Bottle Price

2023 2021 2019
701€ +14.9% 610€ +5.2% 580€

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.

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Tasted in November 2021. 91% C. Sauvignon + 9% Merlot, 12.5% alcohol. Simply a fabulous nose of red berries and graphite, totally mesmerizing on the palate with captivating intensity, complexity and depth. Multilayered and sophisticated. Silky fruit and grained tannin. Long lingering finish. Fantastic wine. 98-99p.

  • 98p

The 2015 Lafite-Rothschild, bottled in May 2017, is refined and pure on the bouquet with scents of blackberry and bilberry, touches of violet and as usual, from a slightly subdued beginning it opens magnificently with aeration. The palate is medium-bodied, with edgier tannin than many Lafite-Rothschilds I tasted a decade ago, wonderfully balanced with that sense of "vibrancy" that I remarked upon previously. The 2015 is only on the opening page of a long story, but I suspect that it will evolve into a splendid Lafite-Rothschild. Tasted in Bordeaux at a private tasting.

  • 95p

Ruby. Scented, bright, nuanced, almost brilliant expression, filigree, floral, superbly detailed nose even at this early stage. The precision in this! Fresh acidity, ripe tannins, fresh, fruity, red berries, anise, bright, fruity, refreshing and nuanced. Perfect harmony and details in this one. Superb length. Drink over the next sixty years or so. And invite me. Drink over the next seventy years or so. 99

  • 99p

Lustrous mid crimson. Lightly spicy nose and very smooth tannins in the Lafite style. Only just enough acidity. Blurry impression. Mild and charming - very restrained and Lafite. It builds on the end in an impressive manner. 18/20 points (4/2016)

  • 93p
Dark purple red with violet hue. Very attractive nose, multi-layered, with pure fruit, very precisely structured, discreet hints of spices. On the palate great depth and length with pure fruit, fine acidity, silky tannins and long lingering fruit in the finish. Attractive and approachable fruit in the first moment, well structured mid-palate and never-ending length in the finish. A complex and great Lafite.
  • 98p
Medium deep colour. Cassis, dark chocolate espresso violet aromas with graphite notes. Well concentrated wine with cassis blackberry fruit, graphite nuances, fine gritty tannins touch Al-dente. Attractive inky complete its. Build up velvety firm and tight. Lovely mineral length. Classical and well balanced. Light but heavy. Lafite style. 97 points 
  • 97p
Lafite Rothschild Pauillac - 91% Cabernet Sauvignon 9% Merlot Good deep plum, nose again is quite tight, there is a pinpoint character to the aromatics, the palate is very textured, and layered, a sizeable black block here, a bit looser knit than usual, earthy notes on the finish, and the tannins are very ripe, long and fine. 93-96/100
  • 95p
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Origin

Pauillac, Bordeaux

Vintage Quality

Outstanding

Value For Money

Very good

Investment potential

Very Good

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