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Moulin des Carruades Second vin 1981

  • Black fruit
  • Aperitif wine
  • Enjoy with friends
  • Color: Red
  • Organic
  • % 
  • 2.25L
  • Intensity
  • Classic

Voici l'ancien nom du second vin de Château Lafite-Rothschild aujourd'hui appelé Carruades de Lafite depuis le millésime 1986. More info

  • Quantity: 3 Bottles
  • Level: 1 into-neck, 1 base of neck, 1 top-shoulder
  • Label: 3 soiled label, 2 marked label, 1 very marked label, 3 slightly torn label
  • Origin: -
  • Recoverable VAT: No
  • Country/Region: Bordeaux
  • Appellation/Wine: Pauillac
  • Classification: Second vin
  • Producer/Owner: Domaines Barons de Rothschild
  • More information....

Moulin des Carruades Second vin serve at a temperature of 16°C. It will pair perfectly with the following dishes: Carré d agneau rôti, Rognon de veau à la moutarde, Côte de boeuf aux cèpes.

Peak: To drink

  • Vintage score: 12/20
  • Lot presentation
    Moulin des Carruades Second vin

    The wine

    Moulin des Carruades was one of the names given to the second Château Lafite Rothschild wine until the mid 1980s. Two names coexisted for a long time to describe the domaine’s second wine: Moulin des Carruades and Carruades de Lafite. In the 1985 vintage, the second wine was still being sold with the two names on the label, but from 1986 onwards, there was only one label and the Carruades de Lafite was retained.

    Information about domain Château Lafite-Rothschild

    The history of the Lafite vineyard goes back a long way. In the late 17th century, Jacques de Ségur laid out vines on a vineyard which already contained some areas of vines and his wine was already of a good standard. His son, Alexandre, extended the Chateau Lafite Rothschild domaine when he married the Latour heiress in 1695. Their son, Nicolas-Alexandre, built up the prestige and reputation of Lafite in the 18th century and it was popular at Versailles, as well as in Britain. When he died, Lafite passed through a number of hands and was sold at auction during the French Revolution, but the high quality was preserved, due to the skills of the vineyard managers, Joseph Goudal and his family. Château Lafite was classified Premier cru in 1855. In 1868, Baron James de Rothschild bought the domaine at auction and it has remained in his family ever since. Quality is dictated by an exceptional terroir (a thick layer of gravel on marl, with a limestone subsoil) and also notably by the average age of the vines (over 40 years old), a low yield per hectare and very rigorous selection. In the years 1960-1970 the wines were of poorer quality as the management of the domaine and vinification process was less stringent.

    Detailed characteristics

    • Quantity: 3 Bottles
    • Level: 1 into-neck, 1 base of neck, 1 top-shoulder
    • Label: 3 soiled label, 2 marked label, 1 very marked label, 3 slightly torn label
    • Origin: -
    • Recoverable VAT: No
    • Original Wooden Case / Original Case: No
    • French customs seal: no
    • Alcohol percentage: %
    • Country/Region: Bordeaux
    • Appellation/Wine: Pauillac
    • Classification: Second vin
    • Producer/Owner: Domaines Barons de Rothschild
    • Vintage: 1981
    • Color: Red
    • Peak: To drink
    • Service temperature: 16°
    • Viticulture: Organic 
    • Intensity: Classic
    • Dominant aroma: Black fruit
    • Tasting occasion: Aperitif wine

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    iDealwine price estimate
    Moulin des Carruades Second vin 1981

    iDealwine Price(1) corresponds to the hammer price and the buyer's premium charged by the auctioneer. (1)Bottle format