2016 Château Lafon-Rochet, Cru Classé St-Estèphe

2016 Château Lafon-Rochet, Cru Classé St-Estèphe

Critic score
92.75/100 info
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Case, 6 Magnums
In stock
£510.00
Magnum
In stock
£85.00

Wine details

  • Region & country
    Saint-Estèphe, Médoc, Bordeaux, France
  • Colour
    Red
  • Sweetness
    Dry
  • Style
    Still
  • Unit Volume
    Magnum (150cl.)
  • ABV
    14%

Tasting notes

Not the deepest crimson. Broad and rich and a bit beefy and yeast-extract-like. A tad scrawny on the end.

Jancis Robinson MW, jancisrobinson.com (May 2017)
16.5/20

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.

Neal Martin, Wine Advocate (May 2017)
(91—93)/100

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.

James Suckling, jamessuckling.com (April 2017)
93—94/100

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