France · 19th century
Château Lafite Rothschild is a French wine estate of Bordeaux wine, located in Pauillac in France, owned by members of the Rothschild family since the 19th century, and rated as a First Growth under the 1855 Bordeaux Classification.
Lafite was one of four wine-producing châteaux of Bordeaux originally awarded First Growth ('Premier Cru') status in the 1855 Classification (Chateau Mouton Rothschild was upgraded in 1973 to become the fifth). Since then, it has been a consistent producer of one of the world's most expensive red wines. A bottle of 1869 Château Lafite Rothschild holds the world record for the most expensive bottle of wine sold at auction for $233,973 in 2010.
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Château Lafite Rothschild ranks #458 of 9,079 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #44 of the 793 mapped in France. Founded c. 1833, it is older than 10% of the atlas's dated landmarks — one of 717 atlas entries founded in the 19th century. Its Wikipedia articles were opened 14,705 times in the last 60 days, more than 96% of the atlas. 7 more atlas landmarks stand within 25 km. See how France compares in the castle statistics.
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