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Château Lafite Rothschild 2005

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Scores

Two measures, kept apart on purpose. One is about the bottle, the other about the year.

Wine Score

97 / 100

Critic evidence
Critic 98 from 11 critics
Community evidence
Community 97 from 49 notes

40% critic · 60% drinkers

how we score

Region Vintage

93 / 100

Pauillac · 2005

Not part of the Wine Score.

Method region_vintage_v1

Drinking window

2022now 20262050
Good to open now. The window runs 2022 to 2050. Published by 7 critics.

Price

Merchant price range, per 750ml

£945

Median £945 · 2026-10

Our own summary of 2 tracked offers in bottle, divided down to a 750ml comparable. It is not a merchant listing, and nobody will sell you a bottle at the median. The individual listings are below.

Price basis not confirmed, may or may not include UK duty and VAT.

Prices read 2026-10-15. We hold one dated snapshot of merchant prices rather than a series, so there is no retail price chart on this page. The one price history we do own is trade based: the market index.

By format

Normalised to a per-750ml comparable: large formats run 47% above bottles here, on 2 observations.
FormatLowHighPer 750mlObs.Source
Quantity unknown × size unknownnot trackednot trackednot tracked0not tracked
Quantity unknown × size unknownnot trackednot trackednot tracked0not tracked
Quantity unknown × size unknownnot trackednot trackednot tracked0not tracked
1x75cl£955£955£9551not tracked
2x75cl × 2not trackednot trackednot tracked0not tracked
3x75cl × 3not trackednot trackednot tracked0not tracked
5x75cl × 5not trackednot trackednot tracked0not tracked
6x75cl × 6not trackednot trackednot tracked0not tracked
12x75cl × 12not trackednot trackednot tracked0not tracked
1x150cl£1,976£1,976£9881not tracked
2x150cl × 2not trackednot trackednot tracked0not tracked
3x150cl × 3not trackednot trackednot tracked0not tracked
4x150cl × 4not trackednot trackednot tracked0not tracked
6x150cl × 6not trackednot trackednot tracked0not tracked
1x300cl£5,605£5,605£1,4011not tracked
1x600clnot trackednot trackednot tracked0not tracked

Critic scores

  • 100/100Published Retrieved · Note text not published (licence not confirmed).
  • 19.5/20Published Retrieved · Note text not published (licence not confirmed).
  • 100/100Published Retrieved · Note text not published (licence not confirmed).

Each score is shown as it was published, on its own scale: a 95/100 and an 18/20 are not the same claim.

We hold 6 further critic scores for this vintage and show the 3 above.

Where to buy

Retail route

3 observations from 1 venue, £955–£1,401 per 750ml. A shelf price is what a merchant listed on the date shown; no bidding, no premium.

Retail asks, cheapest first, with the venue and the source behind each one.
VenuePrice
selectionsommelier.com · £955per 750ml
selectionsommelier.com · £988per 750ml · from 1500 ml
selectionsommelier.com · £1,401per 750ml · from 3000 ml

Auction route

No auction activity in the tracked window.

No auction activity in the tracked window.

Work out the true landed cost →

What it has fetched at auction, year by year: Château Lafite Rothschild 2005 price history.

LWIN 101187220050100750, the identifier for this bottling and format.