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Château Lafite: tags: [drink]

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a wine estate in France, owned by members of the Rothschild family since the 19th century. The name Lafite comes from the surname of the La Fite family.

Lafite was one of four wine-producing châteaux of Bordeaux originally awarded First Growth status in the 1855 Classification, which was based on the prices and wine quality at that time. Since then, it has been a consistent producer of one of the world's most expensive red wines.

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The very few glasses of Lafitte that I had sipped had the effect of rendering me drowsy, and I felt inclined to take a nap of some fifteen or twenty minutes, as is my custom after dinner.

Edgar Allan Poe. The Works of Edgar Allan Poe — Volume 4: The Angel of the Odd (1844)

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Darling: I suppose Blackadder and his boys will have gone over the top by now.

Melchett: Yes. God I wish I were out there with them, dodging the bullets, instead of having to sit here drinking this Chateau Lafite, eating these filets mignon in sauce béarnaise.

Darling: My thoughts exactly sir. Damn this Chateau Lafite.

BBC. Blackadder, season 4: Captain Cook

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"But how will you do about dining with them? To send you a bottle of Lafitte and roast turkey out there would be a little awkward."

Leo Tolstoy. Anna Karenina