Iron Gate Fine Wine Auction-Gold Club Only
Wed, Oct 22, 2025 03:00PM EDT - Thu, Oct 23, 2025 03:00PM EDT
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- 2000
- 750ml
- France
- Bordeaux
- Medoc
- Pauillac
- Bordeaux Red Blend
- Red
- 100 Points, First Growth
Lot 25
2000 Chateau Lafite Rothschild Pauillac - 1 bottle(s)-750ml
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This lot is comprised of 1 bottle(s) of 2000 Chateau Lafite Rothschild Pauillac - 750ml. Estimate for this lot is between $1200 - $1700 with a BUY IT NOW of $1450. The wine in this lot belongs to collection 11681.
Please note the following conditions in the lot - Stained Label.
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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.
2000 Chateau Lafite Rothschild Pauillac from this lot has the following scores - The Wine Advocate 100 points, Wine Spectator 100 points, James Suckling 100 points. This is the tasting note for 2000 Chateau Lafite Rothschild Pauillac from Robert Parker - with a score of 100. 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..