{"product_id":"chateau-lafite-rothschild-1981","title":"Chateau Lafite Rothschild Pauillac 1981 AOC 0,75l","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe fill on this bottle is into the neck. On a claret of forty-five years that is about as good as you will ever see, and it tells you more about how the wine has been kept than any paperwork could.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLafite is the northernmost of the Pauillac \u003cstrong\u003eFirst Growths\u003c\/strong\u003e, a Cabernet Sauvignon vineyard running up to the Saint-Estèphe boundary, and the most restrained of the five — perfume, cedar, fine-grained tannin, weight held back rather than pushed forward. Éric de Rothschild had taken charge in 1974 and spent the late seventies and early eighties rebuilding an estate that had drifted; 1981 sits on that upward curve.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe vintage was good rather than exceptional: warm summer, harvest rain, wines of moderate depth and considerable elegance. From Lafite that combination has aged unusually well, and this is one of the most recognisable names in wine attached to a specific year.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eProducer:\u003c\/strong\u003e Château Lafite Rothschild\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eVintage:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1981\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eAppellation:\u003c\/strong\u003e Pauillac AOC\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eFormat:\u003c\/strong\u003e 75cl\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eRegion:\u003c\/strong\u003e Bordeaux, France\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eStyle:\u003c\/strong\u003e Red\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWhere it is likely to be now.\u003c\/strong\u003e With a neck-level fill this has every chance of still being a live, fragrant wine, though it is fully mature and there is no argument for holding it any longer.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWho it suits.\u003c\/strong\u003e The bottle for a 45th birthday or a sapphire wedding anniversary in 2026 when the year needs to be marked with a name that carries weight across the table.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCondition.\u003c\/strong\u003e There is light cellar staining and very slight damage to the label, and the fill is into the neck — the highest level recorded for a wine of this age.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eProvenance.\u003c\/strong\u003e Bought to order from a professional European merchant. We check fill, label and capsule when the bottle reaches us and photograph it before it ships.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDelivered in 7 to 10 working days, tracked. Transit cover can be added at checkout.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eSold as a collectible item, as seen. No guarantee is given on drinkability.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c!--anno-tpl-3--\u003e","brand":"Château Lafite Rothschild","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":58378680467800,"sku":"ANNO-004823","price":775.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1009\/6505\/6856\/files\/chateau-lafite-rothschild-1981_0f8ffbfd-83ec-4b27-addb-f40ca81ecccc.jpg?v=1790767406","url":"https:\/\/anno.wine\/products\/chateau-lafite-rothschild-1981","provider":"ANNO","version":"1.0","type":"link"}