Château Lafon Rochet, 4ème Cru Classé, St Estèphe
    Château Lafon Rochet

    Château Lafon Rochet, 4ème Cru Classé, St Estèphe,

    Destination

    Château Lafon Rochet, 4ème Cru Classé, St Estèphe, 2005

    Justerini & Brooks Tasting note
    Château Lafon Rochet, 4ème Cru Classé, St Estèphe, 2005

    Michel Tesseron’s care for his vines approaches organic principals and his labours over the six years since he took control of Lafon Rochet have consistently yielded one of the best value wines in the Médoc. The wine is deep garnet in colour, with a beautifully feminine nose of ripe plum and blackcurrant, with a background of fine minerally terroir; lush and seductive with the slightest sign of over extraction. Pure, clean blackberry fruit, with red fruit also, supple, long and balanced. A great success.

    Maturity:
    Keep/Drink
    ABV:
    13.5%
    93/100
    Neal Martin, Vinous
    The 2009 Lafon-Rochet has a splendid bouquet with dark cherries, iodine, violet and iris flower, certainly the most precocious Lafon-Rochet on the nose thus far. The palate is medium-bodied with very good concentration, rounded in texture and counterbalanced with a fine bead of acidity. Layers of red fruit mixed with spice and cedar demonstrate acceptable length. Tasted at the Lafon-Rochet vertical at the property.
    Date Reviewed:
    06/2023
    Drinking Window:
    2021 - 2040

    specifications

    country:
    France
    region:
    Bordeaux
    Appellation:
    St Estèphe
    Producer:
    Château Lafon Rochet
    style:
    Red Wine
    Grape Variety:
    Cab Sauvignon Merlot
    Allergen Information:
    This product may contain sulphites. Full allergen information is available upon request, please call our Customer Relations Team on +44 (0)20 7484 6430.