Chateau Lafite Rothschild, Premier cru, Pauillac, Bordeaux, France 2016 <<<<Sorry this wine has been sold >>>>
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Château Lafite Rothschild is a wine estate located in the westhern of Bordeaux wine area in the Pauillac part of the Médoc, producing one of the most sought-after and expensive red wines in the world. Lafite Rothschild is known for its perfume, elegance, finesse and harmony, a great vintages can age for 50 years or more.
History
The estate began to earn its reputation as a winemaking property in the late 1600s, but Lafite refernces name are back dated to 1234 with a certain Gombaud de Lafite, abbot of the Vertheuil Monastery north of Pauillac, Lafite’s mention as a medieval fief dates to the 14th century. Lafite began to earn its reputation as a great winemaking estate. Jacques de Ségur was credited with the planting of the Lafite vineyard in the 1670s and in the early 1680s.By the second half of the following century it was known as "The King's Wine" at Versailles, and had a strong following in London. In 1695, Jacques de Ségur’s heir, Alexandre, married the heiress of Château Latour, who gave birth to Nicolas-Alexandre de Ségur. The wine histories of the fiefs of Lafite and Latour were thus joined at the outset The acclaim did not diminish and in the new wine classification 1855 Bordeaux Classification created by Napoleon 3rd Lafite was ranked a premier cru. Bought in 1868 by Baron James de Rothschild who respectivly added his name to the vineyard. Throughout much of the 20th Century, despite many fantastic wines, Lafite Rothschild was regarded as an inconsistent producer but since the mid-1990s it has become a very consistent quality wine.
Silky, luscious, refined with profundity and sophistication, the fruit has the concentration, depth, structure and tannins to fill your mouth with flavor, coating your palate with deeply energetic fruits. Balanced between concentrated and fresh, this is regal .
