2016 Château Lafon-Rochet, Cru Classé St-Estèphe

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Case of 6 x Magnums (1.5Lt)

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in basket
Magnum (1.5Lt)

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in basket

Wine specification

Producer
Château Lafon-Rochet
Colour
Red Wine
Sweetness
Dry
Region & Country
Médoc, Bordeaux, France
ABV
14%
Style
Still Wine

Critic Scores

91-93/100 – Neal Martin, Wine Advocate

01/05/2017

The 2016 Lafon Rochet is a blend of 25% Merlot, 67% Cabernet Sauvignon, 2% Petit Verdot and 6% Cabernet Franc cropped at 46 hectoliters per hectare and matured in 50% new oak. The harvest was between 1 October and 20 October. The alcohol is 13.6%, which is just a little higher here than say Cos d'Estournel or Montrose. It has a very succinct bouquet with blackberry, bilberry and light oyster shell aromas, classic in style, more reserved than I found the 2015 Lafon Rochet last year. The palate is medium-bodied with powerful tannin on the entry, a keen line of acidity (3.65 pH), fine symmetry with a pleasant rondeur on the finish sprinkled with black pepper and tobacco. This is a very fine Lafon Rochet from Basile Tesseron and his team.

93-94/100 – James Suckling, jamessuckling.com

04/04/2017

Plenty of fruit and concentration to this wine, and it’s buttressed by the tannins. Muscular and intense. Full-bodied yet reserved and tight. Excellent.