Château Lafon-Rochet - St.-Estèphe 2016

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Producer	Château Lafon-Rochet
Country	France
Region	Bordeaux
Subregion	St.-Estephe
Varietal	Bordeaux Blend
Vintage	2016
Sku	12014066
Size	750ml

 

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95 points, Neal Martin, January 2020, VInous Media - "The 2016 Lafon-Rochet has a very engaging bouquet, a mixture of red and black fruit laced with pencil shavings and loamy scents. In fact, the more you nose this wine, the more its complexity becomes apparent. The palate is medium-bodied with supple tannins and a fine line of acidity, ripe and generous yet maintaining outstanding tension and revealing a judicious touch of peppercorns on the finish, which fans out gloriously. This is a fabulous Lafon-Rochet and certainly the best bottle of 2016 that I have encountered. Tasted blind at the Southwold tasting." Drinking Window: 2021 - 2040

95 points, Vinous Media, Antonio Galloni, December 2018 - "A sleeper in this vintage, the 2016 Lafon-Rochet is positively stellar. Bright, translucent and super-expressive, the 2016 has so much to offer. Lavender, tobacco, cedar, mint and dried herbs give the 2016 striking aromatic top notes to play off the darker fruit flavors. The 2016 is pure class. Don't miss it."

95 Points - This is an overacheiver from Lafon-Rochet with classic left bank dark cassis fruit on the nose with stony gravelly, earth tones, cedar, graphite, and savory herbs that all follow through on the palate. Judicious and well intergrated oak, sily, supple tannins complete the picture! All in all in a wine that is just entering its prime and that will age and drink great for a decade or more to come! It's complex, layered and seamless, and a great value to boot! In short this delivers everything I love from Bordeaux, and does it under $75 per bottle. Stash a case of this in the cellar and you will be glad you did!