Château Lafon-Rochet

Name: Château Lafon-Rochet
Brand: Château Lafon-Rochet
SKU: 4425901305-75LCB12
Price: 59.0 CHF
Availability: InStock

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

A château that shows its colours!
The main building of Château Lafon-Rochet is golden yellow in colour, like its labels. This warm, bold hue sets the tone, and the château's fine wine continues this theme with a delicious, original style and an inviting, fruity nose of blackcurrant and cherry, enhanced by hints of spice. On the palate, it stands out with its caressing, very pure texture.

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CHF 59.00 (75cl)

CHF 7.87/10cl

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France Bordeaux
Cabernet Sauvignon
Merlot
Cabernet Franc
Petit Verdot
5 - 20 years
13.40% vol.

Profile

Strength
Complexity
Fruitiness
Tannic
Wooded
Spicy

Features

Country	France
Region	Bordeaux
Sub-region	Saint Estephe
Wine type	Red wine
Wine style	Fruity, Powerful
Designation	4th Cru Classé, Saint-Estèphe AC
Grape variety	Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, Cabernet Franc, Petit Verdot
Alcohol content	13.40% vol.
Cellaring	5 - 20 years
Serving temperature	16 - 18°C

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Château Lafon-Rochet

CHF 59.00 (75cl)

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 terroir

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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Jean-Marc Quarin Ample au départ. Très beau milieu de bouche. Et puis finale très, très longue, séveuse, savoureuse. Assemblage : 44% cabernet sauvignon, 49% merlot, 4% cabernet franc, 3% petit verdot. 13,4° d'alcool - AT 3,5 - pH 3,6 - IPT 74. Avril 2006.

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Robert Parker's Wine Advocate Tasted single blind at Southwold. This has a fine blackberry, cedar-infused nose with good definition - tightly coiled and certainly needing more time. Very good concentration, fine tannins, quite succulent for a Saint Estephe but very well poised with fine sense of mineralite on the finish. Imbued with femininity, which is unusual. Good depth and cohesion. This remains an excellent Lafon-Rochet although its still needs time. Drink 2015-2025. Tasted January 2009. July 2009.

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Decanter A textbook St-Estèphe of the old school, the Lafon-Rochet was a bit reserved on the attack, but gradually a high-toned red fruit with floral notes and a hint of spice developed on the palate. The texture was firmly tannic, and the acidity was fresh, but the youthful, structured wine won over many tasters with the promise of potential for aging. The blend is 44% Cabernet Sauvignon and 49% Merlot with cameo appearances from Cabernet Franc and Petit Verdot. Drinking window: 2021-2040. Charles Curtis MW. January 2021.

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Wine Enthusiast While there are superripe fruit aromas, the structure of this wine is totally solid. Somewhere lurking under the shell is huge black fruit, but now it is dark and very dry . — Roger Voss. January 2006.

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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