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Wed, Oct 22, 2025 03:00PM EDT - Thu, Oct 23, 2025 03:00PM EDT
  • 1983
  • 750ml
  • France
  • Bordeaux
  • Medoc
  • Pauillac
  • Bordeaux Red Blend
  • Red
  • First Growth
Lot 4

1983 Chateau Lafite Rothschild Pauillac - 1 bottle(s)-750ml

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This lot is comprised of 1 bottle(s) of 1983 Chateau Lafite Rothschild Pauillac - 750ml. Estimate for this lot is between $700 - $1000 with a BUY IT NOW of $850. The wine in this lot belongs to collection 11681.

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This consignor grew up among the vineyards in the Niagara region and has fond memories of eating grapes off the vines at her friend’s family farm. It was during her 20s that she learned to appreciate wine, travelling through France, Italy and eastern Europe for business. In her 60s she began to collect wine seriously, some shipped to her by business associates and others purchased from wine merchants and collectors. The bottles have been meticulously stored in a custom designed wine cellar and were then moved into 2 temperature-controlled wine cabinets.
1983 Chateau Lafite Rothschild Pauillac from this lot has the following scores - James Suckling 96 points, Vinous 94 points, Jeff Leve The Wine Cellar Insider 94 points. This is the tasting note for 1983 Chateau Lafite Rothschild Pauillac from Robert Parker - Finally, the 1983 Lafite is beginning to shed its tannin. The wine exhibits a deep ruby/garnet color with only a slight lightening at the edge. The intoxicatingly perfumed nose of lead pencil, pain grille, red and black fruits, minerals, and roasted herbs is provocative. In the mouth, this wine displays considerable body for a Lafite, plenty of power, and a fleshy, rich, sweet mid-palate. Long, elegant, plump, and surprisingly fleshy, this outstanding example of Lafite seems largely forgotten given the number of high quality vintages during the golden decade of the eighties..