April 29, 2025
2024 Lafite Rothschild with 29% discount per bottle - “stands head and shoulders above many in the vintage”
The Lafite 2024 Wines are released!
Lafite has listened to the market, releasing at €336 per bottle — a 29% saving compared to the 2023 vintage.
“Rich texture, this stands head and shoulders above many in the vintage, with graphite, crayon, cassis bud rather than exuberant black fruits, this is precise, savoury, delineated, floral, gunsmoke, juicy, captures the effortless elegance that Lafite does so so well, and it totally delivers.” - Jane Anson
The 2024 vintage of Château Lafite Rothschild has arrived with the anticipation and reverence you’d expect for one of Bordeaux’s most iconic names—and it hasn’t disappointed. We’re not going to tell you this is the best Lafite ever made—the 95-point scores speak for themselves. But what we will say, confidently, is that it’s the best value Lafite we’ve seen in years. After our disappointment with Pontet-Canet’s release last week, it’s clear that Lafite has got the price absolutely right.
Last year, Lafite Rothschild 2023 was released at €475 In Bond per bottle.
This year, the 2024 comes out at €336, representing a 29% discount, and one of the most attractive Lafite release prices we’ve seen in the past decade. It’s encouraging to see a leading First Growth respond thoughtfully to market conditions. For context, we’ve included a table below showing the most recent market prices across the last decade.
Now, back to talking about the wine itself. Jane Anson awarded Lafite 2024 an impressive 95 points—one of her highest scores of the vintage—describing it as having a “rich texture” and noting that it “stands head and shoulders above many in the vintage.” While some 2024s have been criticised for lacking body, that wasn’t the case here. As you can see from our photo below, the colour was deep and the wine showed real structure and depth when we tasted it. It also had a glimpse of that Lafite magic.
Our own En Primeur tasting confirmed the impression of a wine built for the long haul. Still somewhat reserved in barrel, the 2024 showed immense potential: layered dark fruit, damson and graphite, with a saline finish and exceptional tension. A true First Growth in every sense, Lafite 2024 reflects the finesse of the estate’s terroir and its mastery in challenging vintages.
Alongside the Grand Vin, we’re also offering the elusive Carruades de Lafite—often more difficult to secure due to its strong price-to-quality ratio and limited availability.
Quantities are limited and demand is, as always, high. A portion is available now on our website on a first-come, first-served basis. If you’d like to request an allocation, need additional stock, or are interested in alternative formats such as 3x150cl, please don’t hesitate to get in touch—we’ll do our best to assist.
Lafite Rothschild 2024
€336* In Bond per bottle
95-97 Points | Vinous, Neal Martin
According to Technical Director Eric Kohler, the 2024 Lafite-Rothschild was picked from September 23 to October 7 and underwent a short vinification—less than three weeks—plus a gentle extraction. The blend includes 16% vin de presse. It has an understated and typical Lafite nose with crushed stone infusing the black fruit, black olive tapenade and marine scents. It comes across as statesmanlike, which is just how you want your First Growth, even in a tricky vintage like this. The palate is medium-bodied with fresh saline notes on the entry. Tensile from the start, this has very impressive focus and is a tad more peppery than previous vintages. This is an assured Lafite-Rothschild with a very seaweed/Japanese wakame-tinged finish. Very promising and one of the very few "cerebral" Left Bank wines in 2024.
94-96 Points | Vinous, Antonio Galloni
The 2024 Lafite-Rothschild is a sensual, elegant wine very much in the style of the year. Plush and enveloping, with lovely forward fruit, the 2024 is very Lafite, perhaps a bit reticent, but super-expressive just the same. Black cherry, pomegranate, blood orange and a kiss of espresso all build in the glass, framed by quintessentially finessed Lafite tannins. The 2024 is sublime. I expect it will be one of the to be one of the top wines in the Médoc when all is said and done.
19+ Points | Matthew Jukes
It’s always lovely to taste with Saskia de Rothschild, and her fabulously chilled-out comment, “This is an early drinking, accessible Lafite for a new clientele”, is certainly accurate, although I am sure old duffers and even middle-aged wine connoisseurs will be queuing up for this vintage, too. Whispers abounded that the Lafite family of wines would be endeavouring to attach CPR pads to the notion of En Primeur purchasing by coming out early and with eye-catching prices. Let’s hope this is borne out because this is not only a wine for newcomers and experts alike, but if this vintage turns out to be anyone’s first sip of this famous First Growth, it is a cosmic place to start. Linear, lithe, cool, chiselled and dynamic, this is a long, pure, pristine wine with hints of sea spray, fresh-picked blueberries and thrillingly carnal new leather nuances among the glorious summer pudding core. There is musicality, levity, grace and direction here, and the very first words at the top of my tasting pad were ‘modern Lafite for a new era’! The control and beauty found are effortless and sensationally well-balanced. The tannins and acidity lose nothing in translation, balancing the medium-weight fruit with trueness and thrilling sense equilibrium. Forget vintage reports, the various trials and tribulations and Lafite’s own running theme of battling through the elements while rounding Cape Horn on a galley; this is quite simply as ‘Lafite’ as any vintage I have tasted in a long while, and the fact that it tastes so singular, identifiable and delicious, makes me love it more. I am awarding a QP here on rumour alone. Let’s hope I don’t delete it in post-production!
95 Points | Jane Anson
Rich texture, this stands head and shoulders above many in the vintage, with graphite, crayon, cassis bud rather than exuberant black fruits, this is precise, savoury, delineated, floral, gunsmoke, juicy, captures the effortless elegance that Lafite does so so well, and it totally delivers. Harvest 23 September to 7 October, 32hl/h yield, above the Pauillac average, 16% press wine included in the blend. Director Eric Kohler's 33rd year in Pauillac. I am giving a slightly earlier begin drinking date, but I am certain this will age exceptionally well as Lafite always does. Slightly earlier starting date for drinking than usual, eight years following harvest.
95 Points | Falstaff
Deep dark ruby, deep core, violet reflections. Fine herbal savouriness, red berryish touch, a hint of cassis, but also red cherries. A touch of oak. On the palate taut, red berryish and fresh, silky tannins, lively acidity, nuances of currant, mineral, delicate and light-footed, a refined food wine with good ageing potential.
91-94 Points | Wine Advocate, William Kelley
A blend of 96% Cabernet Sauvignon, 3% Merlot and 1% Petit Verdot, the 2024 Lafite Rothschild offers up aromas of minty blackcurrants, violets, incense, loamy soil and cigar box, followed by a medium-bodied, pillowy and open-knit palate built around tangy acids and powdery tannins, concluding with a discreetly herbal finish. Harvest began on September 24 and concluded on October 4, delivering a Lafite in something of a throwback style, nodding to the wines made here in the 1970s.
Fine Wine Library - Tasted En Primeur - April 2024
It was easy to see why Lafite is a 1st Growth. A prominent, complex and deep nose invites you in whilst the savoury, dark fruit, damson, graphite and touch of oak on the palate. Great tension. We wrote “mega” in our tasting book. You could feel that Lafite has more to show and was a bit closed when tasting. It will be exciting to see how it turns out in bottle. Very long structured finish with the hallmark freshness of the 2024 vintage. Tightly packed and saline on the finish. We were torn between Lafite and Mouton and decided that it’s like choosing your favourite child, both were unique and themselves.
Carruades de Lafite 2024
€140* In Bond per bottle
92 Points | Jane Anson
Gorgeous deep plum colour, very juicy, extremely well handled, savoury and mouthwatering, cassis bud, roses, crayon, shorter on the finish than a typical Carruades, but this has plenty of subtle pleasure and will be ready to drink sooner than usual. Harvest 23 September to 7 October, 32hl/h yield, 47% of the harvest is in this wine, 12% press.
*Prices are accurate as of the blog publication date and may be subject to cha