Terms and Conditions
Important: By clicking 'Place Bid' you are committing to purchase this product at the bid price and quantity you have set. The total amount of your bid will only be deducted from your account credit balance (where available) or charged to your default credit card when your bid is matched.

If unmatched, your bid will expire after 30 days and the allocated amount will be freed on your account.

If your bid is successful, you will receive an email notification of your purchase. The price you are bidding also includes delivery to the nearest Cru storage warehouse to the current location of the item. However, there may be an additional transfer charge to move the product to another warehouse for delivery.
Forgot Your Password?
Success Error
Add Billing Address
  • Add New Credit Card
    PAN
    Expiration
    CVC
    Complete Account Set-Up
    To continue, please finish setting up your account
    Login / Create Account
    Add Billing Address
    Add Credit Card Or Account Credit
    Confirm your bid
    You are bidding on:
    -
  • T&Cs
  • Cancel edits & close
    Confirmation

    Lafite Rothschild

    About Château Lafite Rothschild

    Château Lafite-Rothschild is one of the most collectable wines in the world. Purchased in 1868 it has remained continuously in the Rothschild family. Less powerful than Latour and more classical than Mouton, the hallmarks of this wine of wines is a taut, lithe, willowy muscularity, enveloped by transcendent just-ripe black fruit with the perfect sweetness of blackcurrant, black cherry and plum. The scent of Lafite often beguiles its fortunate drinkers and the mythical, irresistible perfume of wonderful cedar, so fresh and elegant, must be experienced to be believed.

    Part of Lafite’s centuries-long success lies in its situation on some of the most gravel-dominant terroir in the Médoc. Up to ten metres deep with the stuff in some places, there are a few pockets of aeolian black sand and bedrock of limestone to complete the soils. Naturally conducive to the production of the most unbelievable Cabernet Sauvignon, the Grand Vin of Château Lafite Rothschild is frequently composed of up to 90% of the varietal. Couple this with the outstandingly talented team, headed for 40 years by the imperious Charles Chevallier (until 2018), and we have an estate whose strength lies in its being “a spectrum of flavours rather than a strong expression of any particular one” in the words of Chevallier’s replacement, Eric Kohler.

    The 1996 vintage onwards heralded some of the best wines in their history; 2003 and 2009 are notably outstanding. Elegant, fresh, with great fruit purity and remarkable ageing potential. The second wine, Carruades de Lafite, has also been intensely collected over the past decade.



    Read More

    Photo
    Video
    AI Chat

    Ask our AI Wine Expert a Question

    AI
    In Bond
    Inc. VAT

    Products

    (5)

    List Grid

    5 Products

    Name
    Price Low
    Price High
    Year (Old)
    Year (New)
    Prices: In Bond Inc. VAT
    Product Name Region Qty Score Price
    Bordeaux 13 -
    Inc. VAT
    £489.60
    View
    Bordeaux 2 92 (WE)
    Inc. VAT
    £2,610.04
    View

    Wine Enthusiast (92)

    Firm tannins and great freshness, with a touch of bitter chocolate as well as spice and tight tannins. This second wine of Lafite is attractively fruity, easily lifting the weight of tannins.
    More Info
    Bordeaux 1 97 (WS)
    Inc. VAT
    £7,908.00
    View

    Wine Spectator (97)

    Defines elegance and sophistication with distinct tea, earthy chocolate, cherry and cassis flavors that gently unfold onthe palate. It's impeccibly well balanced with soft, smooth yet firm tannins that give it structure and depth. Should age 20 or 30 years, maybe longer. Tasted twice; first bottle was "corked".
    More Info
    Bordeaux 1 98 (WA)
    Inc. VAT
    £8,743.27
    View

    Wine Advocate (98)

    A candidate for the -wine of the vintage,- the 2008 should have been purchased before it began to soar in value because of the significance of the number 8 in the Chinese culture (denoting good luck). Representing 40% of the production, this blend of 83% Cabernet Sauvignon, 13% Merlot and 4% Cabernet Franc offers aromas of high quality unsmoked cigar tobacco, lead pencil shavings, creme de cassis, earth, cedar and asphalt. Full, rich and stunningly concentrated, I doubt it is inferior to the 2010, just more classic as well as slightly more forward and a degree weaker in alcoholic potency (12.5% versus 13.5%). The 2008 should be relatively drinkable in 6-10 years as it is already showing remarkable complexity and breed, and will last for 30-35 years...at the minimum.
    More Info
    Bordeaux 1 -
    Inc. VAT
    £795.67
    View
    Product Name Region Qty Score Price
    Bordeaux 13 -
    Inc. VAT
    £489.60
    View
    Bordeaux 2 92 (WE)
    In Bond
    £2,159.00
    View

    Wine Enthusiast (92)

    Firm tannins and great freshness, with a touch of bitter chocolate as well as spice and tight tannins. This second wine of Lafite is attractively fruity, easily lifting the weight of tannins.
    More Info
    Bordeaux 1 97 (WS)
    Inc. VAT
    £7,908.00
    View

    Wine Spectator (97)

    Defines elegance and sophistication with distinct tea, earthy chocolate, cherry and cassis flavors that gently unfold onthe palate. It's impeccibly well balanced with soft, smooth yet firm tannins that give it structure and depth. Should age 20 or 30 years, maybe longer. Tasted twice; first bottle was "corked".
    More Info
    Bordeaux 1 98 (WA)
    In Bond
    £7,254.00
    View

    Wine Advocate (98)

    A candidate for the -wine of the vintage,- the 2008 should have been purchased before it began to soar in value because of the significance of the number 8 in the Chinese culture (denoting good luck). Representing 40% of the production, this blend of 83% Cabernet Sauvignon, 13% Merlot and 4% Cabernet Franc offers aromas of high quality unsmoked cigar tobacco, lead pencil shavings, creme de cassis, earth, cedar and asphalt. Full, rich and stunningly concentrated, I doubt it is inferior to the 2010, just more classic as well as slightly more forward and a degree weaker in alcoholic potency (12.5% versus 13.5%). The 2008 should be relatively drinkable in 6-10 years as it is already showing remarkable complexity and breed, and will last for 30-35 years...at the minimum.
    More Info
    Bordeaux 1 -
    In Bond
    £631.00
    View
    In Bond
    Inc. VAT

    Products

    (5)

    List Grid

    5 Products

    Name
    Price Low
    Price High
    Year (Old)
    Year (New)
    X
    We use cookies. Read more

    Ask our AI Wine Expert a Question

    AI
    Condition Report Image