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Château Lafite Rothschild 1995

1995 was a very good year in Bordeaux: reliable and well liked.

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Château Lafite Rothschild, Bordeaux
Jordi Muray · Adobe Stock · Adobe Stock Standard License

What to expect

Expect a good, dependable wine, often ready a little sooner than the greatest years.

13 of the 32 years we cover for this wine were rated higher.

A decanter and a glass of red wine on a white tablecloth in a panelled dining room
The year
Very Good
Last sold at auction for
$750a bottle · Christie's, May 2026
How hard to find
Getting scarce31 years old

Other vintages of this wine

One square for each year. The darker the square, the better the weather was for the grapes. Tap a year to read about it.

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What bottles sell for

At auction, standard bottles of this vintage have sold for between $556 and $937 each, across 20 sales since February 2023.

Every sale on record51 lots, each linked to the auction house
$500$600$700$800$900$1,000202420252026USD per 75 cl bottle · 2023-02-14 · $750USD per 75 cl bottle · 2023-04-19 · $729USD per 75 cl bottle · 2023-09-12 · $679USD per 75 cl bottle · 2023-09-12 · $937USD per 75 cl bottle · 2023-10-31 · $729USD per 75 cl bottle · 2024-02-29 · $625USD per 75 cl bottle · 2024-02-29 · $729USD per 75 cl bottle · 2024-02-29 · $729USD per 75 cl bottle · 2024-04-09 · $600USD per 75 cl bottle · 2024-04-09 · $750USD per 75 cl bottle · 2024-06-12 · $625USD per 75 cl bottle · 2024-12-19 · $573USD per 75 cl bottle · 2024-12-19 · $573USD per 75 cl bottle · 2025-02-26 · $688USD per 75 cl bottle · 2025-04-23 · $573USD per 75 cl bottle · 2025-04-23 · $600USD per 75 cl bottle · 2025-04-23 · $625USD per 75 cl bottle · 2025-06-13 · $556USD per 75 cl bottle · 2025-06-13 · $573USD per 75 cl bottle · 2026-05-14 · $750USD per bottle: lot price ÷ bottles in the lotSale date20 lots of 75 cl bottles sold in USD at Christie's · prices as published by each house
Sale dateHouse and saleFormatLot pricePer bottle
Jul 2026Christie'sFine & Rare Wines: Featuring The Reserve Cellar and 50th Anniversary Wines Direct From Stag's Leap Wine Cellars (sale 24555) · Los Angeles · lot 10601 × 150 cl$1,375$1,375
May 2026Christie'sFine and Rare Wines Online: Los Angeles Edition (sale 24553) · Los Angeles · lot 132 × 75 cl$1,500$750
Mar 2026Christie'sFine and Rare Wines & Spirits Online: Hong Kong Edition (sale 24459) · Hong Kong · lot 3671 × 75 cl≈$669≈$669
Dec 2025Christie'sThe Historic Cellar of Jürgen Schwarz: Five Decades of Collecting, Day I (sale 23766) · New York · lot 61 × 600 cl$6,000$6,000
Nov 2025Christie'sICONIC WINES FROM JOSEPH LAU PART IV (sale 23981) · Hong Kong · lot 500312 × 75 cl≈$8,761≈$730
Jun 2025Christie'sThe Cellar of William I. Koch: The Great American Collector Day II (sale 24201) · New York · lot 28912 × 75 cl$6,875$573
Jun 2025Christie'sThe Cellar of William I. Koch: The Great American Collector Day II (sale 24201) · New York · lot 2889 × 75 cl$5,000$556
May 2025Christie'sICONIC WINES FROM JOSEPH LAU PART III (sale 23980) · Hong Kong · lot 412 × 75 cl≈$7,168≈$597
May 2025Christie'sICONIC WINES FROM JOSEPH LAU PART III (sale 23980) · Hong Kong · lot 311 × 75 cl≈$6,371≈$579
Apr 2025Christie'sFine and Rare Wines Online: Featuring the Cellar of a Southwestern Collector and the Final Offering from the Collection of Ben Ichinose (sale 23749) · Los Angeles · lot 2812 × 75 cl$6,875$573
Apr 2025Christie'sFine and Rare Wines Online: Featuring the Cellar of a Southwestern Collector and the Final Offering from the Collection of Ben Ichinose (sale 23749) · Los Angeles · lot 2712 × 75 cl$7,500$625
Apr 2025Christie'sFine and Rare Wines Online: Featuring the Cellar of a Southwestern Collector and the Final Offering from the Collection of Ben Ichinose (sale 23749) · Los Angeles · lot 265 × 75 cl$3,000$600
Feb 2025Christie'sFine and Rare Wines Online: LA Edition (sale 23748) · Los Angeles · lot 212 × 75 cl$1,375$688
Dec 2024Christie'sFine and Rare Wines including Vintage Icons from a West Coast Cellar and Historic Port from the Cellars of Raby Castle (sale 23100) · Los Angeles · lot 3012 × 75 cl$6,875$573
Dec 2024Christie'sFine and Rare Wines including Vintage Icons from a West Coast Cellar and Historic Port from the Cellars of Raby Castle (sale 23100) · Los Angeles · lot 2912 × 75 cl$6,875$573
Oct 2024Christie'sFine and Rare Wines & Spirits Online: London Edition (sale 23031) · London · lot 46 × 75 cl≈$3,969≈$661
Oct 2024Christie'sThe Epic Cellar Part II (sale 23200) · Hong Kong · lot 31 × 600 cl≈$4,779≈$4,779
Jun 2024Christie'sFine and Rare Wines Online: Featuring The Landmark Cellar (sale 23089) · Los Angeles · lot 253 × 75 cl$1,875$625
May 2024Christie'sThe Epic Cellar (sale 23190) · Hong Kong · lot 50051 × 600 cl≈$5,097≈$5,097
Apr 2024Christie'sFine and Rare Wines Online: Featuring Exceptional Madeira Collections (sale 23087) · Los Angeles · lot 4210 × 75 cl$6,000$600
Apr 2024Christie'sFine and Rare Wines Online: Featuring Exceptional Madeira Collections (sale 23087) · Los Angeles · lot 411 × 75 cl$750$750
Feb 2024Christie'sBordeaux Classics: The Masterpiece Collection (sale 23255) · Los Angeles · lot 7812 × 75 cl$8,750$729
Feb 2024Christie'sBordeaux Classics: The Masterpiece Collection (sale 23255) · Los Angeles · lot 7712 × 75 cl$7,500$625
Feb 2024Christie'sBordeaux Classics: The Masterpiece Collection (sale 23255) · Los Angeles · lot 7612 × 75 cl$8,750$729
Dec 2023Christie'sFine and Rare Wines & Spirits Online: London Edition (sale 23055) · London · lot 29512 × 75 cl≈$7,937≈$661
Dec 2023Christie'sFine Wine from the Cellar of Quincy Jones and A Diplomat's Collection of Rarities (sale 22106) · Los Angeles · lot 341 × 600 cl$4,375$4,375
Nov 2023Christie'sFinest and Rarest Wines & Spirits, Featuring Champagne Lanson and 40th Jubilee Wines Direct from the Cellars of Domaine de Chevalier (sale 21941) · London · lot 1612 × 75 cl≈$8,268≈$689
Oct 2023Christie'sFine and Rare Wines Online: Featuring Two Superlative Collections (sale 22105) · Los Angeles · lot 7512 × 75 cl$8,750$729
Sep 2023Christie'sFinest and Rarest Wines & Spirits (sale 22121) · Hong Kong · lot 34412 × 75 cl≈$7,964≈$664
Sep 2023Christie'sFinest and Rarest Wines & Spirits (sale 22121) · Hong Kong · lot 34312 × 75 cl≈$7,964≈$664
Sep 2023Christie'sFinest and Rarest Wines & Spirits (sale 22121) · Hong Kong · lot 34212 × 75 cl≈$7,964≈$664
Sep 2023Christie'sFinest and Rarest Wines & Spirits (sale 22121) · Hong Kong · lot 34112 × 75 cl≈$7,964≈$664
Sep 2023Christie'sFinest and Rarest Wines & Spirits (sale 22121) · Hong Kong · lot 34012 × 75 cl≈$8,761≈$730
Sep 2023Christie'sFinest and Rarest Wines & Spirits (sale 22121) · Hong Kong · lot 326 × 75 cl≈$3,823≈$637
Sep 2023Christie'sFine and Rare Wines Online: Featuring a Superb Collection from the Pacific Northwest (sale 22074) · Los Angeles · lot 2137 × 75 cl$4,750$679
Sep 2023Christie'sFine and Rare Wines Online: Featuring a Superb Collection from the Pacific Northwest (sale 22074) · Los Angeles · lot 2121 × 75 cl$937$937
Apr 2023Christie'sFine and Rare Wines Online: Featuring the Ruan Collection (sale 22062) · Los Angeles · lot 96 × 150 cl$8,125$1,354
Apr 2023Christie'sFine and Rare Wines Online: Featuring the Ruan Collection (sale 22062) · Los Angeles · lot 812 × 75 cl$8,750$729
Apr 2023Christie'sFine and Rare Wines Online: Featuring the Ruan Collection (sale 22062) · Los Angeles · lot 724 × 37.5 cl$8,750$365
Feb 2023Christie'sFine and Rare Wines Online: Featuring the Renowned Cellar of an American Collector (sale 21810) · Los Angeles · lot 721 × 75 cl$750$750
Dec 2022Christie'sFine and Rare Wines Online: LA Edition (sale 20971) · Los Angeles · lot 141 × 150 cl$1,250$1,250
Nov 2022Christie'sICONIC WINES FROM JOSEPH LAU PART II (sale 22019) · Hong Kong · lot 500412 × 75 cl≈$9,557≈$796
Sep 2022Christie'sFine and Rare Wines Online: Hong Kong Edition (sale 21209) · Hong Kong · lot 512 × 75 cl≈$8,761≈$730
May 2022Christie'sTHE VISIONARY'S SPECTACULAR CELLAR (sale 21212) · Hong Kong · lot 500612 × 75 cl≈$11,150≈$929
Apr 2022Christie'sICONIC WINES FROM JOSEPH LAU (sale 21211) · Hong Kong · lot 312 × 75 cl≈$11,150≈$929
Apr 2022Christie'sICONIC WINES FROM JOSEPH LAU (sale 21211) · Hong Kong · lot 212 × 75 cl≈$11,946≈$996
Dec 2021Christie'sFinest and Rarest Wines Online (sale 21178) · Hong Kong · lot 26212 × 75 cl≈$9,557≈$796
Dec 2021Christie'sFinest and Rarest Wines & Spirits: Featuring Historic Vintages from Perrier-Jouët, Legendary Whisky from Le Clos and an Evening Sale of Treasures from a Rediscovered Chalk Cellar (sale 20064) · London · lot 22312 × 75 cl≈$9,723≈$810
May 2021Christie'sFine and Rare Wines (sale 20026) · Geneva · lot 6376 × 75 cl≈$5,603≈$934
May 2021Christie'sFine and Rare Wines (sale 20026) · Geneva · lot 4026 × 75 cl≈$5,160≈$860
Mar 2021Christie'sFinest and Rarest Wines and Spirits Featuring A Superlative Private Collection (sale 19854) · Hong Kong · lot 412 × 75 cl≈$10,353≈$863
 Prices are in the currency of each sale. Christie’s and Sotheby’s include the buyer’s fee; Hart Davis Hart shows the price before it.

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What does this wine cost to make?Our estimate: $28–$95 a bottle

We estimate it costs about $28 to $95 to make one bottle of a wine like this. The price in the shop is far higher because the land is scarce, the name is famous, and many hands take a share on the way to you.

Low estimateImputed land cost: $11.34Vineyard operations: $3.31Oak barrels: $0.56Winemaking labour and cellar work: $2.50Cellar aging: $1.20Bottle, closure, label, case and bottling: $4.90Winery overhead: $3.00Financing over the aging period: $1.61$28 per bottleHigh estimateImputed land cost: $43.88Vineyard operations: $10.24Oak barrels: $1.61Winemaking labour and cellar work: $5.00Cellar aging: $2.96Bottle, closure, label, case and bottling: $13.40Winery overhead: $7.00Financing over the aging period: $10.89$95 per bottleImputed land costVineyard operationsOak barrelsWinemaking labour and cellar workCellar agingBottle, closure, label, case and bottlingWinery overheadFinancing over the aging periodUS$ per 75 cl bottle at the winery, before any margin, tax or transport · Corkonomics cost model

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Sources

  1. Château Lafite Rothschild — producer profile, The Wine Cellar Insider, 2025. Retrieved 22 September 2026. typical annual production
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