Where is Lafite produced? A guide to Lafite's place of origin

Lafite red wine is very famous around the world, and everyone has probably heard of Lafite's great name, so where is Lafite produced? How do you tell the real from the fake?

1. Lafite's place of origin

The place of origin of Lafite red wine is the red wine produced by Chateau Lafite in France; it is one of the five great chateaux of Bordeaux, France, with a long history. Lafite has prominent floral and fruity aromas, is mellow and smooth, and elegant, and is called the queen of the wine kingdom.

2. How do you tell the real from the fake?

1. Look at the bottle-sealing metal tag: Lafite's bottle-sealing metal tag is the easiest to recognize. Its design has the chateau castle at the top, while the middle is written with the words Lafite Rothschild. The bottle-sealing metal tags in the picture are from the 1980s to 2002, and the designs are all much the same. The only difference is that the color of the metal tag varies slightly, showing different shades of red. The metal tag at the lower right in the picture is the bottle-sealing metal tag of Lafite's second wine, Carruades de Lafite, with Domains Barons de Rothschild written on it, and the Rothschild five arrows emblem in the middle. If you look carefully, you will find that these five arrows are slightly different from Mouton's five arrows: above the central R, the word Lafite is printed, representing the Lafite Rothschild family.

2. Look at the wine bottle: For Lafite before 1996, the wine bottle was just like an ordinary bottle of Bordeaux wine, with no pattern below the neck, but by 1996, in order to prevent counterfeiting, the chateau adopted a special wine bottle. As early as 1985, the Lafite bottle was engraved with a special pattern, the reason being to commemorate Halley's Comet, an astronomical phenomenon that returns only once every 76 years. So the bottle was engraved with the words 1985 and a pattern of Halley's Comet. Apart from this special edition, Lafite had always used only ordinary Bordeaux wine bottles, until 1996, when the bottle was engraved with the Rothschild family emblem, the five arrows pattern, with the word Lafite engraved in the center. By 1999, the wine bottle had yet another new trick.

3. Look at the cork: showing the corks of Lafite from different years, from left to right the Lafite corks of 1983, 1985, 1986, 1994, 1995, 1997, 1998, 1999 and 2002. On the side of the cork, the year is printed, but on the top of the cork, no pattern or year is printed, while on the other side of the cork, the Lafite pattern is printed, with the words Grand Vin de Chateau Lafite Rothschild written on it. In fact, the cork designs of Lafite from different years are all much the same.

Although Lafite's wine is world-famous, many are fake, so when buying, you must choose genuine Lafite, keep your eyes open and beware of being cheated.