Christie’s roundel
Lot 378

Château Lafite-Rothschild--Vintage 1982

Closed12 September 2009

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Château Lafite-Rothschild

What can be said about Lafite-Rothschild that hasn't already been said? A wine of inimitable class and elegance that inevitably lives up to its first growth classification, Maréchal de Richelieu brought Lafite to the court of Louis XV and referred to it's taste as comparable to "the ambrosia of the Gods of Olympus."

Château Lafite-Rothschild--Vintage 1982
Pauillac, 1er cru classé
Levels: six bottom neck, two very top shoulder; two lightly corroded capsules
8 bottles per lot