Château Lafite Rothschild
Few addresses in Pauillac feel as foundational as Château Lafite Rothschild: noted as a wine place as early as the 13th century and raised to the summit of the 1855 classification. Since 1868, the Rothschild family has shaped an estate of roughly 112 hectares at the northern end of the Médoc, where deep gravel rises favour Cabernet Sauvignon.
The vineyard is structured around distinct zones—the slopes around the château, the Carruades plateau to the west, even a small holding in Saint‑Estèphe—yet the approach is unified: painstaking parcel work, hand harvesting and a relentlessly precise assemblage. Merlot, Cabernet Franc and Petit Verdot play supporting roles, tuned to the year and the plot.
Modernity arrived with intent in 1987, when a new, purpose-built winery refined every movement from vat to barrel. Lafite’s voice remains understatement: fine-grained structure, lift and serenity—Pauillac translated into line rather than spectacle.Château Lafite Rothschild
Few addresses in Pauillac feel as foundational as Château Lafite Rothschild: noted as a wine place as early as the 13th century and raised to the summit of the 1855 classification. Since 1868, the Rothschild family has shaped an estate of roughly 112 hectares at the northern end of the Médoc, where deep gravel rises favour Cabernet Sauvignon.
The vineyard is structured around distinct zones—the slopes around the château, the Carruades plateau to the west, even a small holding in Saint‑Estèphe—yet the approach is unified: painstaking parcel work, hand harvesting and a relentlessly precise assemblage. Merlot, Cabernet Franc and Petit Verdot play supporting roles, tuned to the year and the plot.
Modernity arrived with intent in 1987, when a new, purpose-built winery refined every movement from vat to barrel. Lafite’s voice remains understatement: fine-grained structure, lift and serenity—Pauillac translated into line rather than spectacle.
