The Chateau Lafite Rothschild is the name for a red wine produced by Chateau Lafite Rothschild. It is a wine estate in France and started producing wine since the 19th century.
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The Chateau Lafite is a vineyard that produces extremely high quality red vine. It is has been producing red wine since the 19th century, and is one of the most expensive wines that can be purchased.
Château Lafite-RothschildChâteau MargauxChâteau Haut-BrionChâteau LatourChâteau Mouton-Rothschild*
There is no average price. Prices on wine vary greatly. You can get a Yellowtail magnum for $9.99 at your local liquor store, or a bottle of the latest vintage of Lafite Rothschild for over $1,000. There is twice the wine in a bottle of Yellowtail. However, if bought at the right price the Lafite Rothschild is a tremendously better value than the Yellowtail. This is because the Yellowtail will remain at $9.99 forever. The Lafite Rothschild on the other hand will peak within 5 - 10 years. Once the Rothschild peaks the value will most likely go up. As long as you keep the Rothschild bottle in an ideal temperature from day 1, you would most likely be able to sell that bottle for two or three times more than you purchased it for. This is because the Rothschild is an exceptional wine made to get better as time goes on. You are guaranteed that Rothschild will produce wine throughout the ages. The Yellowtail was made to drink at will.
One of five wines that have been classified as such by the French government. They are Ch. Lafite-Rothschild, Mouton-Rothschild, Margaux, Haut-Brion, and Latour. They are considered, and rightly so, some of the best wine made. There are a total of 5 growths in Bordeaux and the first growths are the most highly-regarded. In 1973, after decades of persistent and intense lobbying, Ch. Mouton-Rothschild was upgraded from second growth to first growth. Three years later, France's leading wine experts, in a blind tasting, declared Stag's Leap Wine Cellars to be superior.
As of 2006 his favorite was Chateau Calon-Segar.
Even though Mouton Cadet is a well known wine and people enjoy drinking it all over the world, it is not one that gains in value like one of the other Rothchild wine named Chateau Mouton Rothschild. Mouton Cadet is a good wine for everyday drinking while Chateau Mouton Rothschild is a collectible. If you were to buy a bottle of 2007 Mouton Cadet it retails for under $10. Here are some wines from the same winery that may gain a value based on factors such as: Proper storing conditions, lack of oxidation and a suitable ullage (ullage is the level of liquid inside of the bottle, the higher the level the better)level. If you come across a bottle of 1959 Mouton Rothschild (not Mouton Cadet) the price based on the factors above could go for about $2000-$40000 per bottle.
Chateau wine is simply wine that comes from one vineyard. There is nothing special about such wines but it is a useful marketing tool. Indeed, a chateau wine may be inferior to wines blended from grapes coming from a number of different vineyards.
Some stores that sell Chateau petrus are: The Antique Wine Comoany, wine dot com, wine-searcher, Hudson wine market, Wally's wine, and Artfire commercial.
Several characteristics of a Chateau wine are that the wine tastes very good to most people, most people also love the colors of the wine, and most people genuinely enjoy this wine.
The word "Chateau" on the wine list comes from the name of the Winery that produced the wine. Most often it would indicate that it's French by origin, however, some wineries in Americas incorporated this name into their names. For example, a Canadian winery in the Niagara region named itself Chateau Des Charmes. Some examples of French wineries would be Chateau Milon, Chateau Meyre, Chateau Haut Garrigue, Chateau Bonet etc.
The kinds of wine one can open with a Chateau Laguiole corkscrew are red wine, white wine or ros© if corks are being used on the bottles. Chateau means manor house and Laguiole is the name of the village where the corkscrews are being produced.