Fruity & Powerful

Château Lafon-Rochet

Red wine | 4th Cru Classé, Saint-Estèphe AC

A Castle that displays color!
The main building of Château Lafon-Rochet is gold yellow, like its labels. This warm and bold hue sets the tone, and the great wine of the Château continues this idea, in a gourmet and original style, with an engaging, fruity nose of blackcurrant and cherry, enhanced with spicy hints. In the mouth it stands out with a caressing, very pure texture.

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France Bordeaux
Cabernet Sauvignon
Merlot
5 - 20 years

Profile

Strength
Complexity
Fruitiness
Tannic
Wooded
Spicy

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Château Lafon-Rochet

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Colour

Dark and intense purple.

Nose

Aromas of black berries, cocoa bean, followed by mineral notes.

Palate

Beautiful structure, medium intensity, fruity, with lots of freshness, velvety and tasty, well-integrated silky tannins. Elegant, harmonious and pleasantly long finish.

Wine-growing region

Ideally located between Cos d'Estournel and Lafite Rothschild, the Château Lafon-Rochet vineyard extends over 40 hectares in one piece. The diversity of the composition of the terroir (quartz, sandstone, flint, sand and clay) and the excellent natural drainage make Lafon-Rochet an exceptional terroir!

Winemaking

Cold pre-fermentation for 24 to 72 hours, alcoholic fermentation for around fifteen days, malolactic fermentation for around 3 months, aging for 16 to 18 months in oak barrels, 50% of which is new wood.

Bottle closure

Cork

Packaging

Wooden box

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James Suckling Solid, ultra-clean 2017 with a very pretty core of fruit and chewy tannins. Flavorful and fresh. Extremely long and focused.

93 100

Decanter This is a lovely St-Estèphe this year, firm and bright with bristling fruit right out of the gate - hugely unusual to see that this year. This is one of my favorites, and is totally charming with its cassis and damson fruit, but it's the juice and friendly tension that sets it apart. Silky and enjoyable. Buy. Drinking Window 2025 - 2040

91 100

Yves Beck Violets Purpur. Angenehmes und recht intensives Bouquet mit Cacaobohnen, dunklen Beeren und Graphit. Fine and elegant Auftakt. Gute Gaumenaromatik, mittlere Körperintensität. Der Wein ist ausbalancen und mit einer erfrischenden Struktur versehen. Das Tannin ist körnig and tritt im letzten Teil des Gaumens auf. And now the light is Lafon Rochet. 2022–2032

91 100

Jean-Marc Quarin Red, dark, purple and beautiful color. Very aromatic nose, one of the most fragrant in Saint-Estèphe. Caressing on the palate, very pleasant to the touch, with a major fruity burst and body. The wine evolves towards a finish with well-coated tannicity, tasty and finally fragrant. It's very nice.

Château Lafon-Rochet

In the 17th century, Antoinette de Guillemotes, owner of Domaine Rochet, married Etienne de Lafon. This is how Château Lafon-Rochet was renamed. In 1960, the Tesseron family became the owner of the estate which extends over 41 ha of vineyards, covering two hills of Saint-Estèphe.

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