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Château Lafite Rothschild
Pauillac, France
About this product
The world's most famous wine name. Pauillac First Growth. Typically 85–90% Cabernet Sauvignon, remainder Merlot and Petit Verdot. The style is the most refined and elegant of the Pauillac First Growths — pencil shavings, cedar, blackcurrant, violet, with remarkable finesse despite the structure. Needs 20–30 years of cellaring in great vintages (1982, 1986, 1996, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2009, 2010, 2022 are the benchmark years). BC importer: Lifford Wine Agency. CAD $1,500–$3,500 per bottle (recent vintages).
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colourdeep garnet
nosepencil shavings, cedar, blackcurrant, violet, subtle tobacco
palatemedium-full body, elegant tannins, great length, 20–30 year potential
Service
glasslarge Bordeaux tulip
temp c17°C
decant minutes60 min
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pencil shavings, cedar, blackcurrant, violet, subtle tobacco
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The textbook Médoc pairing: lamb's relatively lean fat and herb character perfectly mirrors Pauillac's cedar-cassis-tobacco profile. The rosemary echoes the wine's tertiary herbal notes; the potato gratin provides the starchy body to absorb the tannin structure. This pairing is encoded in French culinary consciousness.
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The Pauillac AOP lamb (raised on the salt marshes near the château) is the ultimate terroir pairing — the lamb literally grazes the same region as the vines. The salt-marsh grass imparts a distinctive iodine character that mirrors the wine's mineral backbone. A pairing of perfect geographical completeness.
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Meat poultry
Agneau de Pauillac is the lamb raised on the salt marshes at the tip of the Médoc peninsula, a local pairing of exceptional terroir specificity; the rosemary bridges the wine's cedar and spice
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Meat poultry
Rack of lamb is the defining Bordeaux red wine food pairing, especially for the Médoc's Cabernet-dominant wines; Lafite's exceptional elegance demands the finest cut and preparation
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Château Lafite Rothschild elevates the lamb saddle; the first growth's pencil-cedar structure bridges the spring lamb
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Lafite's Pauillac elegance demands lamb saddle with truffle; the most refined pairing of the Left Bank
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Château Lafite's ultimate elegance belongs with roasted pigeon at its finest; the truffle echoes Lafite's earthly refinement
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Charcuterie cheese
Extra-Vieille Mimolette's concentrated caramel-walnut character is one of the rare cheeses that can match Premier Cru Bordeaux's complexity; the butterscotch notes bridge the wine's cedar-tobacco
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