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Château Lafite-Rothschild 1990

France - Bordeaux - Pauillac - 1er Grand Cru Classé - Château Lafite-Rothschild

1st Grand Cru Classé in 1855

$2,838.44

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Stored in air-conditioned cellar
Stored in air-conditioned cellar
Data sheets
Grape varieties
Cabernet Sauvignon 57%
Merlot 30%
Cabernet Franc 13%
Château Lafite-Rothschild

Château Lafite-Rothschild

It's impossible to talk about the great wines of the Médoc without mentioning Château Lafite-Rothschild. A Domaine steeped in history, whose reputation and prestige are matched only by the legendary wines born there.

Ancient medieval seigneury, it was under Jacques de Ségur, from a family of Bordeaux parliamentarians, that the first vines were planted in the 1670's. The wine gradually acquired an excellent reputation thanks to technical progress, at the royal court of Versailles but also across the Channel with the expansion of trade with England. Then in 1787, Thomas Jefferson, US ambassador to France at the time, praised it in his travel notes.

The Château Lafite was promoted to the rank of Ier Grand Cru Classé in 1855 on the occasion of the Paris Universal Exhibition, a distinction it shares with the Château Latour, Château Haut-Brion and Château Margaux, as well as the Château Mouton Rothschild since 1973.

The subsequent rise of Château Lafite owes much to the Rothschild family, with Baron James de Rothschild acquiring the estate in 1868 and attaching his name to it from that date. When Baron Eric took over the reins in 1974, everything was gradually put in place with the aim of modernizing and improving performance, in order to reveal the exceptional potential of the terroir. Today, his... See more ...

Critics Château Lafite-Rothschild 1990.

Wine Advocate - Robert Parker
96/100
Wine Spectator
95/100
Jean-Marc Quarin
96/100
Falstaff
98/100
Jeannie Cho Lee
95/100

Description Château Lafite-Rothschild 1990.

With its splendid ruby-red color and tiled highlights, it soon reveals a complex, intense nose. Delicious aromas of violets, jammy black fruits such as blackberry and blackcurrant, and cedar blend in. The whole is in perfect harmony. On the palate, a full, dense attack quickly gives way to a supple body with round, velvety tannins. Flavors of jammy fruit invade the palate, underlined by notes of graphite that bring a certain freshness. The long finish brings the tasting to a beautiful close.

The care we take when receiving wines in our cellars enables us to detect bottles with imperfections (dirty or faded labels, damaged capsules, etc.). In such cases, they are systematically set aside and never put online! Our preparation team selects only bottles with perfect presentation for your orders!

It is these bottles with slight external defects that we present to you in the "Existe en imparfaite" selection. These bottles are, of course, of "irreproachable" gustatory quality, but suffer from slight defects on the label or cap. We therefore offer them at a preferential price, making the pleasure of tasting them even more affordable.

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