But long before that, word had spread about the legendary quality of Lafite wines from the Médoc. Perhaps the most beautiful anecdote: a doctor from Bordeaux prescribed a bottle of Lafite to Marshal Richelieu (1696-1788) as the "most pleasant of all tonics." And when Richelieu returned to the Paris court, King Louis XV (1710-1774) remarked that his marshal "looked 25 years younger than before he left." It's crystal clear, that's what was given to the king from that moment on.

The vineyard comprises three main areas: the slopes around the Château, the plateau of Carruades to the west and a 4.5 ha plot in the neighboring commune of Saint-Estèphe. The surface area is 112 ha, it is a fine gravelly soil, deep, mixed with aeolian sands on a tertiary limestone subsoil, well drained and well exposed.

The grape varieties are cabernet sauvignon (70%), merlot (25%), cabernet franc (3%) and petit verdot (2%).