Description

Located not far from Cos d’Estournel, Château Lafon-Rochet has about forty hectares in a single block of vines planted with Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, Cabernet Franc and Petit Verdot aged about thirty years. They draw the nutrients necessary for their development from gravel soils and a clay and limestone base. The cultivation is careful, banning insecticides and favoring grassing. In the cellar, the wine is aged in barrels with a proportion of new wood between 50 and 60%, between 16 and 20 months.

Wine Advocate : “Generous and layered, the 2023 Lafon-Rochet offers up aromas of blackberries, cassis, incense and burning embers, followed by a medium to full-bodied, rich and enveloping palate that’s gourmand and charming, concluding with a gently minty finish. Like the 2023, this represents a richer, more demonstrative style for this Saint-Estèphe property, where Christophe Congé and his team are rehabilitating the vineyards.”