Chateau Lafite Rothschild is a wine estate in France owned by members of the Rothschild banking family of France. The name Lafite comes from the Gascon term "la hite" meaning "small hill". Only four wine-producing Châteaux of Bordeaux achieved First Growth status in the 1855 Classification, which was based on recent prices. Of those, the first one in the list is Château Lafite Rothschild, a consistent producer of one of the world's most expensive red wines. http://www.lafite.com/