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The Lafite Rothschilds celebrate 150 years

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See also Lafite's new chatelaine.

I’ve been around so long, and have been such a keen traveller, that it takes a lot for a trip to really excite me. But at the beginning of February I received an invitation from Baron Eric de Rothschild and his daughter Saskia that was beautiful both to look at and to contemplate. 

‘In 1868 Château Lafite was purchased by an ancestor of ours … For you we chose the 15 most magical vintages, from the 19th to the 21st century, that have travelled through time and still can tell stories, and maybe yours...