Château Lafite Rothschild Carruades de Lafite 2022

Throughout history many explorers and conquerors have fallen for the myth of the fountain of youth. According to legend, in the New World discovered by Columbus, there was a spring whose waters restored youth to whoever drank or bathed in its waters. The person who tried the hardest to find it, or at least the one who is best known, is Ponce de León, but the only thing he found on this quest was what is known today as Florida. This wasn’t a bad discovery, but it wasn’t what he expected. However, what if Ponce de León wasn’t looking in the right place? What if the fountain of youth can be found in a glass of wine? In 1755, the Maréchal de Richelieu fell ill. This French nobleman, the last great-nephew of Cardinal Richelieu (the one in The Three Musketeers by Alexandre Dumas), was the godson of Louis XIV. His close connection to royalty led him to become a close friend of Louis XV (the son of his godfather) and being appointed governor of Guyenne (the old name for Bordeaux). There, in