Wine 101: Château Lafite Rothschild Part I: A Mound in the Marsh

Much like the tale of Château Haut-Brion, Château Lafite Rothschild’s story begins with a mound of earth. Thirteenth-century Médoc — a subregion on the western side of Bordeaux — was entirely marshland with a nearly unnavigable topography of water, reeds, and mounds of gravel. While other areas of Bordeaux were being built up by wealthy families, land in the Médoc was largely owned by monasteries and abbeys, and they would plant grapevines there to make wine for religious purposes. The article Wine 101: Château Lafite Rothschild Part I: A Mound in the Marsh appeared first on VinePair.