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Même s'il est inutile de refaire une classification des Premiers Grands Crus Classés, de nombreux professionnels et amateurs du vin s'accordent à dire que Château Lafite Rothschild occupe la première place. Le mot qui qualifie certainement le mieux ce domaine légendaire serait « perfection ». Véritable exemple d'équilibre, ce cru est définitivement le plus fin des Pauillac. Il se distingue de ses illsutres voisins par une élégance sans pareil et une fraîcheur aromatique surprenantes. Un Château qui a donné ses lettres de noblesse au cabernet-sauvignon, grâce à un terroir d'exception, et ce dernier le lui rend bien.

HISTOIRE DU CHÂTEAU
Le Château Lafite Rothschild produisait du vin depuis trois siècles avant que la famille de Ségur en fasse l'acquisition en 1670. Sous l'élan de ses ambitieux propriétaires, le vin de Lafite connait un succès retentissant dans les hautes sphères de la société française. On retrouve les bouteilles du cru bordelais à Versailles où la cour ne jure que par celui que l'on nomme «le vin du roi».

Le sort du château se retrouve, quelques années après le fameux classement de 1855, entre les mains d'une famille qui va marquer l'histoire du vin français pour toujours : les Rothschild. Le Baron James est le premier Rothschild à la tête de Lafite, mais c'est après la Seconde Guerre mondiale que le domaine connait un véritable tournant sous l'impulsion du Baron Élie. Ce dernier réhabilite et agrandit le domaine tandis que ses démarches modernes en terme de communication comme l'organisation de «Tasting» à Londres permettent à Lafite Rothschild de regagner sa place sur le marché des vins.

Le Baron Éric, neveu d'Élie, prend les rênes en 1974, de ce Premier Grand Cru Classé et entreprend plusieurs chantiers. Le travail de replantation est doublé d'amendements (procédé permettant d'ajuster la composition du sol pour obtenir un meilleur fonctionnement naturel de ce dernier) ainsi que de la construction d'un chai de vieillissement révolutionnaire conçu par l'architecte catalan Ricardo Bofill.

La superficie du Château est 112 hectares répartis en trois zones : les coteaux autour du Château, le plateau des Carruades contigu à l’ouest et une parcelle de 4,5 ha sur la commune voisine de Saint-Estèphe. Le terroir se compose de terres de graves fines, profondes, mêlées à des sables éoliens sur un sous-sol de calcaire tertiaire, bien drainées et bien exposées.
C’est le cabernet qui domine ici avec 70% de l’encépagement. Une grande partie des travaux se fait manuellement.
Les fermentations se font parcelle par parcelle grâce à un ensemble de cuves adaptées à la taille de chaque parcelle. Toutes les barriques proviennent de la Tonnellerie des Domaines avec une adaptation spécifique de la «chauffe» aux caractéristiques du vin durant la fabrication. L’élevage du vin dure de 18 à 20 mois. Enfin, la mise en bouteilles se déroule en une seule fois au mois de juin.

Les millésimes d'exceptions s'enchaînent à Lafite Rothschild qui, plus que jamais, continue d’approcher la perfection chaque année.



Even if it is useless to redo a classification of Premiers Grands Crus Classés, many professionals and wine enthusiasts agree that Château Lafite Rothschild occupies first place. The word that certainly best describes this legendary area would be “perfection”. A true example of balance, this vintage is definitely the finest of the Pauillacs. It stands out from its illustrious neighbors by its unparalleled elegance and surprising aromatic freshness. A Château which has given its letters of nobility to Cabernet-Sauvignon, thanks to an exceptional terroir, and the latter repays it well.
Château Lafite Rothschild had been producing wine for three centuries before the Ségur family acquired it in 1670. Under the leadership of its ambitious owners, Lafite wine enjoyed resounding success in the upper echelons of French society. Bottles of Bordeaux wine were found at Versailles where the court swore by what was called “the king’s wine”.

The fate of the château found itself, a few years after the famous classification of 1855, in the hands of a family that would mark the history of French wine forever: the Rothschilds. Baron James was the first Rothschild at the head of Lafite, but it was after the Second World War that the estate experienced a real turning point under the leadership of Baron Élie. The latter rehabilitated and expanded the estate while its modern approaches in terms of communication such as the organization of “Tasting” in London allowed Lafite Rothschild to regain its place on the wine market.

Baron Éric, nephew of Élie, took the reins in 1974 of this Premier Grand Cru Classé and undertook several projects. The replanting work is accompanied by amendments (a process allowing the composition of the soil to be adjusted to obtain better natural functioning of the latter) as well as the construction of a revolutionary aging cellar designed by the Catalan architect Ricardo Bofill.

The surface area of ​​the Château is 112 hectares divided into three zones: the hillsides around the Château, the Carruades plateau contiguous to the west and a plot of 4.5 ha in the neighboring town of Saint-Estèphe. The terroir is made up of fine, deep gravel soils, mixed with aeolian sands on a subsoil of tertiary limestone, well drained and well exposed.
Cabernet dominates here with 70% of the grape varieties. Much of the work is done manually.
Fermentations are carried out plot by plot using a set of vats adapted to the size of each plot. All the barrels come from the Tonnellerie des Domaines with a specific adaptation of the “heating” to the characteristics of the wine during production. The aging of the wine lasts 18 to 20 months. Finally, bottling takes place in one go in June.

The exceptional vintages keep coming at Lafite Rothschild which, more than ever, continues to approach perfection each year.


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