Carruades de Lafite

Carruades De Lafite is the second wine of Château Lafite-Rothschild.

Judging by the way in which Grand Vin has evolved in the last twenty years, it is possible to affirm that Carruades wines resemble it, although they maintain a personality of their own product of the greater proportion of Merlot in its composition and of plots identified as producers of Carruades. The origin of the name comes from the Carruades plateau, a name given to a set of plots located behind the château and acquired by Château Lafite in 1845.

In the 19th century, wines from the Carruades were marketed independently of Château Lafite, but were finally absorbed. The name Carruades was then taken up to designate the Second Vin de Château Lafite, first called "Moulin des Carruades" and then "Carruades de Lafite" from the 1980s.