LiQuery - Ch�teau Lafon-Rochet 2016

Item:	533414
Size:	1500 mL (50.7 oz)
Type:	2016 VINTAGES
Release Date:	2019-04-01
Producer:	Nath. Johnston & Fils
Location:	France - Bordeaux
Price:	$199.85 Price History
Style:	Red Wine
Alcohol:	13.0%
Varietal:	Bordeaux
Sugar Code:	XD
Rating:	95
Cellar:	2045
Glass Style:	Voigner/Chardonnay Purchase Glass

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Tasting Notes
All the success of St-Est�phe in 2016 can be seen in Lafon-Rochet this year, where the 30mm of rain on 13th September and 13mm on 8th October, with nothing in between, allowed the clay, limestone and gravel soils to fully ripen the grapes. Owner Basile Tesseron says he had never seen such maturity in his Cabernet Sauvignons, and certainly we have hugely intense aromatics from the first nose. The palate features finessed and fleshed out mouthwatering black fruits making it hard not to love this. Tasted three times in total, and every time it stood out. Blend of 67% Cabernet Sauvignon, 27% Merlot, 4% Cabernet Franc and 2% Petit Verdot aged in 30% new oak. 3.68pH. Drinking Window 2027-2045. Score - 95. (Jane Anson, decanter.com)

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