Iron Gate Fine Wine Auction
Tue, Sep 16, 2025 10:00AM EDT - Tue, Sep 23, 2025 08:00PM EDT
Timed Auction
- Red
- Bordeaux Red Blend
- Pauillac
- Medoc
- Bordeaux
- France
- 750ml
- OWC/OCC, 100 points, Mixed Lots, First Growth
Lot 176
1990, 2000 and 2010 Chateau Lafite Rothschild Pauillac - 6 bottle(s)-750ml
Estimate: CAD$7,000 - CAD$10,000
Bid Increments
| Price | Bid Increment |
|---|---|
| CAD$0 | CAD$20 |
| CAD$500 | CAD$50 |
| CAD$1,000 | CAD$100 |
| CAD$2,000 | CAD$200 |
| CAD$3,000 | CAD$250 |
| CAD$5,000 | CAD$500 |
| CAD$10,000 | CAD$1,000 |
| CAD$20,000 | CAD$2,000 |
| CAD$50,000 | CAD$5,000 |
| CAD$100,000 | CAD$10,000 |
This lot is comprised of 6 bottle(s) of 1990, 2000 and 2010 Chateau Lafite Rothschild Pauillac - 750ml. Estimate for this lot is between $7000 - $10000 with a reserve of $5000. The wine in this lot belongs to collection 11575. In this lot 2 bottles of 1990 Chateau Lafite Rothschild Pauillac (750ml), 2 bottles of 2000 Chateau Lafite Rothschild Pauillac (750ml), 2 bottles of 2010 Chateau Lafite Rothschild Pauillac (750ml).
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A Toronto-based collector who has been purchasing high-end wine for a decade. He sources his bottles from retail shops throughout the United States, Alberta, and the UK, as well as directly from wineries and the LCBO. The bottles have been stored in his home cellar and in a professional storage facility in the US
The score for 2010 Chateau Lafite Rothschild Pauillac is 100 from Robert Parker and the tasting note - Deep garnet in color, the 2010 Lafite Rothschild is a little mute on the nose at this stage, opening to reveal warm blackcurrants, baked plums and boysenberry scents with hints of chocolate mint, violets, cedar chest and pencil lead. Full-bodied, rich and densely packed with perfumed black fruit layers, it has a rock-solid backbone of fantastically ripe, grainy tannins and beautiful freshness, finishing very long and minerally. Still very youthful! The score for 2000 Chateau Lafite Rothschild Pauillac is 98 from Robert Parker and the tasting note - Since I gave this wine a perfect score, I suppose some could see this as a downgrade. I found everything still there for a perfect rating, but I was just struck by how tight and backward the wine was. A blend of 93.3% Cabernet Sauvignon and the rest Merlot, the wine still has a dark ruby/purple color and an extraordinarily youthful nose of graphite, black currants, sweet, unsmoked cigar tobacco, and flowers. The wine is rich, medium to full-bodied, but has that ethereal elegance and purity that is always Lafite. The score for 1990 Chateau Lafite Rothschild Pauillac is 96 from Robert Parker and the tasting note - Interestingly, a bottle of 1990 Lafite Rothschild I pulled from my cellar for a video blog on my web site was still buttoned down, tight, and even with extended decanting was not showing as much as I would have hoped. However, a bottle tasted, of all places, in Seoul, Korea in February, was only a few points short of perfection. That amazing performance motivated me to pull another bottle out of my cellar and follow it over the course of two days. Sure enough, by the second day the wine was roaring from the glass. The 1990 Lafite has turned out far better than my early assessment. While it still possesses some firmness, and performs like a late adolescent in terms of its evolution, it boasts gorgeous aromas of cedar, tobacco leaf, cassis, and lead pencil shavings. The explosive aromas are followed by a fleshy, full-bodied wine that should hit its peak in 5-8 years, and last for 25-30 more.
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