1982 Chateau Lafite Rothschild - Pauillac 1er Grand Cru Classé - 12 Bottles (0.75L)

- 1982 Chateau Lafite Rothschild
- 100 points by Robert Parkers Wine Advocate
- Included in the purchase is a dealer invoice
- Each bottle has the letter N / W in the bottom of the bottle
- 12 bottles á 750ml
- Each capsule is in very good condition, tight and shows slight signs of storage
- Each label fits perfectly, some labels show slight traces of cellar storage
- Corks are tight
- The wine has been stored continuously in a wine cellar in Düsseldorf for the last 40 years.
- There is no wooden box included
The wine will be shipped in two to four parcels. Due to the high value of the goods, the shipping costs are particularly high. Shipping insurance will be taken out for the entire value of the goods. A pick-up in Berlin or in the metropolitan area of Germany can be arranged after payment.

To give you a impression of shipping costs: a 5kg parcel incl. 5.000€ shipping insurance costs in europe 350-480€. We need 4 parcels to have everything on a safe shipping service including insurance.

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Château Lafite Rothschild
Château Lafite Rothschild, 1st growth in 1855, is one of Bordeaux's most famous chateaux. It shares with the greatest the top of the official classification of 1855. Located on the Pauillac appellation, the vineyard of 103 ha is divided into three parcels: the hills surrounding the Château, the Carruades plateau to the west and a parcel of 4.5 ha in the neighboring town of Saint-Estèphe. Most of the terroir is composed of fine and deep gravel mixed with Aeolian sand on a tertiary limestone bedrock. The grape varieties are 71% Cabernet Sauvignon, 25% Merlot, 3% Cabernet Franc and 1% Petit Verdot. The average age of the vineyards of the great wine is 40 years, the 20 ha of young vines (less than 10 years) being used for the development of the second wine. There are also extremely old plots of over 80 years, one called "La Gravière" dating back to 1886. The maturation of the wine is carried out for 18 to 20 months in 100% new oak barrels. Lafite Rothschild produces about 15,000 to 20,000 cases per year. The estate also produces a second wine, the Carruades de Lafite, for around 25,000 to 30,000 cases. The name of the second wine of Chateau Lafite Rothschild of the "plateau Carruades, where stood a group of plots, which was bought by the castle in the nineteenth century, and which adjoined the rump Castle. The "Carruades de Lafite" were once called "Moulin des Carruades", then take the name, Carruades de Lafite.
The mythical vintages of Chateau Lafite Rothschild are 1921, 1945, 1959, 1982, 1986, 1988 and 2000, 2005 in recent years.

Professionelle Bewertungen
ROBERT PARKER (100 VON 100 PARKER POINTS)
This is a denser version of the 1990 that stylistically reminds me of what the young 1959 probably tasted like. Still backward with a deep ruby/plum color revealing only a touch of lightening at the edge, the wine offers up an extraordinary nose of caramelized herbs, smoke, cedar, pen ink, black currants, and earth. The gorgeous aromatics are followed by a full-bodied, plump, rich, fleshy wine with low acidity. With 6-8 hours decanting in a closed decanter, it will offer beautiful drinking, but it needs another 5-8 years to reach full maturity. It is capable of lasting 50-60 years. This classic Lafite is not as fat and concentrated as the 1982 Latour, nor as complex or concentrated as the 1982 Mouton Rothschild, but it is a winner all the same.