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Decanted and drank over three days. Black and blue fruit on the nose and palate. Wet pavement, cut brick. Tannin still a bit lively. Another nice 2014 that is coming into it's own, slowly. I love the fact that the didn't oak it into submission. Good now, but will definitely be better in a year or so and I will try to wait to pop another until then. (233 views)

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Relatively simple given this vintage (308 views)

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편하게 마시기 좋은 와인, 보르도 스러운 흙냄새로 고기랑 먹음 쵝오 (438 views)

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Blackberries, black cherries, spice, and tobacco leaves with a touch of spice fill the nose. On the palate, the wine is vibrant, soft, and polished with ripe, brisk tannins, and a chewy, fresh, peppery finish. The wine was made from blending 64% Cabernet Sauvignon, 29% Merlot, 3% Petit Verdot, and 4% Cabernet Franc. 13.35%. This is only the second vintage with the new owner, Jackie Lorenzetti, and the team of Emmanuel Cruse fully in charge. Drink from 2028-2045. 92-94 Pts. (369 views)

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Very suave, well balanced, a hint of marzipan. Great development. (319 views)

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The 2008 Lafon Rochet is a serious, slightly ungiving wine, uncoiling slowly - perhaps reluctantly! The nose of red hard candies, red licorice, and charcoal grows on me. This still bracingly tannic in the mouth, really demanding at least another 5 years before you might consider drinking it with food. (266 views)

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92-94 Punkte. Im Duft mit viel schwarzer Johannisbeere, florale Noten, ausdrucksstark; strukturiert, mit Spannung und fein mit der Frucht verwobenen Gerbstoffen, zeigt Rasse und Eleganz. Einmal mehr gelungen. (En Primeur Tasting April 2024, 13.35 Alkohol) (331 views)

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The 2009 Lafon Rochet shows a stocky, broad, fleshy character for the first few hours in the decanter, trading on power and ripeness rather than nuance. Blackberry, cherry, plum, and wet clay fill the nose, but there’s a little bit of perfectly ripe mixed berry character on the palate that does nothing but build and develop when revisited 12 hours later. An initial whiff of Brett seems to blow off and a slightly prominent alcohol at the outset seems to integrate, boding well for the future. Even if this will never be a profound wine, holding it another 5 years will likely repay the patient owner handsomely. (660 views)

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Peu d’intérêt (111 views)

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L'aromatique est superbe : poivron rouge grillé, cassis, jus de viande, quelques notes sanguines et fumées. Ça envoit !

Bouche dense, volumineuse, avec une sensation de moelleux très agréable. Elle manque juste un poil de profondeur et de persistance malgré les jolies notes marines, pour boxer dans la catégorie supérieure.

Très beau Saint-Estèphe mature ! (84 views)

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Lafon Rochet certainly shows the vintage character with a nose of cooked and dried fruits: prune, cooked fig, and kirsch. Paradoxically the palate offers fresher fruit at times - still sweet but not stewed - and accented by a little floral appeal and soy sauce. Despite its 21 years, the palate remains grippingly tannic. Happily the 14% ABV (as labeled) doesn't seem particularly conspicuous. Striking Lapsang souchong, beef blood finish. This bottle, in excellent condition, requires some time for the fruit to awaken on the palate and shows its best with 30 minutes - 2 hours of time in the decanter. This has its merits, but the nose is marked enough by the vintage that I find it hard to love. I could imagine that more vivacity earlier in life could have imparted a better impression than tonight's bottle. (712 views)

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Held up very well, still good tannins but ready to drink out of the bottle without decanter. (736 views)

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After an hour of air it turns into a beautiful, balanced left bank bordeaux. (1067 views)

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Delicious, consistent with previous note although I'd perhaps be a bit less effusive this time around. (648 views)

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Completely soaked cork, removed in several pieces. Mature claret, impressively well alive! Nose of dry and ripe cherry with old leather. On the palate dry herbs, fading signs of dried fruit, coffee, forest floor, pencil shavings leaning towards iron and blood. With good grip and great balance. Not just drinkable but really enjoyable with good persistence through the night (84 views)

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