Carruades de Lafite
⏳ Drinking Window
2026 - 2046
🍽️ Food & Wine Pairings
Roasted rack of lamb, grilled ribeye steak, duck breast
✨ Technical Specifications
Carruades de Lafite takes its name from the Carruades plateau, a historic group of vineyard plots acquired by the estate in 1845, situated adjacent to the main Lafite hilltop. The 2016 vintage is celebrated as a modern classic in Pauillac, shaped by a dramatic growing season of extremes. A remarkably wet spring replenished the deep gravel soils, providing a vital water reserve that sustained the vines through an exceptionally hot, dry summer. Perfect autumn conditions allowed for a slow, leisurely harvest, yielding grapes with incredible phenolic ripeness and striking freshness. The wine was aged for 18 to 20 months in French oak barrels crafted at the estate's own cooperage, resulting in a second wine of astonishing structure, elegance, and aromatic complexity that closely mirrors the grandeur of its older sibling.
🍾 About the Producer
Steeped in centuries of viticultural prestige, Château Lafite Rothschild is a historic First Growth estate situated at the northern boundary of the Pauillac appellation in Bordeaux, France. With winemaking roots tracing back to the 17th century under the influential Ségur family, the estate entered an enduring era of excellence when Baron James de Rothschild acquired it in 1868. Renowned for its unique terroir of deep gravel soils over limestone and sandstone, the property crafts aristocratic, Cabernet Sauvignon-dominant wines shaped by traditional vinification and meticulous barrel maturation. The resulting wines, led by the legendary Grand Vin and the refined Carruades de Lafite, are universally celebrated for their unmatched finesse, subtle aromatic complexity, and extraordinary longevity.
🍇 Grape Varieties
Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot (dominant), Cabernet Franc, Petit Verdot
🍷 Alcohol By Volume (ABV)
13.5%