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Lafite|læˈfiːt|
Also (now considered erron.) Lafitte.
[Fr., place-name.]
Used as the designation of the claret produced and bottled at Château Lafite, in the Médoc district of the Gironde, France.
1707[see claret n.2 (a.) 1 b]. 1792[see Haut-Brion]. a1845Barham Ingol. Leg. (1847) 3rd Ser. 186 Chambertin, Chateau Margaux, La Rose, and Lafitte. 1871M. Collins Marquis & Merchant II. viii. 237 We'll have some Lafitte. 1888Athenæum 21 Apr. 499/1 Your noble magnum of Lafitte E'en Rothschild would have deem'd a treat. 1920G. Saintsbury Notes on Cellar-Bk. iv. 48 A '71 Lafite which hailed from Pall Mall. 1931S. Jameson Richer Dust iv. 77 His glass about to be filled for the third time with an excellent Lafitte. 1963A. L. Simon Guide Good Food & Wines 732/1 The spelling of Lafite with two f's and two t's instead of one occurs in old records and even on old labels, but all forms are now obsolete other than Lafite. There are other Châteaux in the Gironde, however, bearing the same name with different spelling. 1973Country Life 19 Apr. 1052/2 Similar bottles of '66 of Lafite and Latour brought {pstlg}360 and {pstlg}300 respectively. |