| Wine Type | Vintage Name Variety Locale | Date Posted Score Helpful Comments More... |
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2009 Château Lafon-RochetSt. Estèphe Red Bordeaux Blend more |
4/26/2024 - englishman's claret wrote: 91 pointsThe 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. |
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2021 Château Lafon-RochetSt. Estèphe Red Bordeaux Blend more |
4/26/2024 - ggroebli wrote: NRPeu d’intérêt |
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1966 Château Lafon-RochetSt. Estèphe Red Bordeaux Blend more |
4/13/2024 - Marc C Likes this wine: 91 pointsL'aromatique est superbe : poivron rouge grillé, cassis, jus de viande, quelques notes sanguines et fumées. Ça envoit ! |
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2003 Château Lafon-RochetSt. Estèphe Red Bordeaux Blend more |
4/12/2024 - englishman's claret wrote: 87 pointsLafon 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. |
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2005 Château Lafon-RochetSt. Estèphe Red Bordeaux Blend more |
4/8/2024 - trying66 Likes this wine: 91 pointsHeld up very well, still good tannins but ready to drink out of the bottle without decanter. |
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2010 Château Lafon-RochetSt. Estèphe Red Bordeaux Blend more |
4/4/2024 - jps3@columbia.edu Likes this wine: NRAfter an hour of air it turns into a beautiful, balanced left bank bordeaux. |
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2005 Château Lafon-RochetSt. Estèphe Red Bordeaux Blend more |
3/31/2024 - gtilley wrote: NRDelicious, consistent with previous note although I'd perhaps be a bit less effusive this time around. |
| Red |
1964 Château Lafon-RochetSt. Estèphe Red Bordeaux Blend more |
3/29/2024 - cvst Likes this wine: 92 pointsCompletely 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 |
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1993 Château Lafon-RochetSt. Estèphe Red Bordeaux Blend more |
3/29/2024 - Joelene wrote: 92 pointsWow, this is very spicey, heavy pepper notes like bell peppers and jalapeños, also leather and cherry mushrooms and moss. Drinking really well, still has decent fruit, nice acidity and resolved tannins. |
| Red |
2009 Château Lafon-RochetSt. Estèphe Red Bordeaux Blend more |
3/26/2024 - O'Meara wrote: NRSimilar to my note from 2022. It is smooth but reticent. I wonder if this will ever be a generous wine like many of the 2009 Bdx. Time will tell. Hold if you can. |
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2009 Château Lafon-RochetSt. Estèphe Red Bordeaux Blend more |
3/25/2024 - steveiiiiii Likes this wine: 89 pointsA little disjointed on palate but evolved nose with some tertiary aromas. Pronounced oak still but the wine seems to be fully mature. Followed over 1,5 hrs in glass. |
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2010 Château Lafon-RochetSt. Estèphe Red Bordeaux Blend more |
3/24/2024 - dwynne wrote: 94 pointsThis is drinking beautifully. Deep and complex, cigar box, violets and dark crushed red fruit. |
| Red |
2016 Château Lafon-RochetSt. Estèphe Red Bordeaux Blend more |
3/19/2024 - Zweder wrote: flawedMonthly Tuesday group "The Dead Sparrow": Bordeaux vs Bolgheri: Corked |
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2008 Château Lafon-RochetSt. Estèphe Red Bordeaux Blend more |
3/16/2024 - WojteG Likes this wine: 87 pointsI had a 1989 vintage - 90 points and a 2005 vintage - 96. |
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2022 Château Lafon-RochetSt. Estèphe Red Bordeaux Blend more |
4/24/2023 - mxfnck Likes this wine: 94 pointsComplex, deep, dense... A lot of tension on the palate, very big. |
| Red |
2009 Château Lafon-RochetSt. Estèphe Red Bordeaux Blend more |
3/9/2024 - Xavier Auerbach wrote: 92 pointsTenth bottle from two full cases purchased en primeur from a reputable Dutch merchant. Pristine bottle, not decanted as it did not seem to need it. Showing well, and holding up well on the second day. Black fruit, lead pencil, flowers and cream, blonde tobacco, good weight (14% ABV) and freshness, finely grained tannins, minty finish with very good length. Drinking well now and over the next decade. |
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2018 Château Lafon-RochetSt. Estèphe Red Bordeaux Blend more |
3/5/2024 - Mr_Jinx Likes this wine: 88 pointsDark fruit, nicely structured, good tannins |
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2021 Château Lafon-RochetSt. Estèphe Red Bordeaux Blend more |
3/9/2024 - Jeff Leve wrote: 91 pointsFlowers, mint, espresso, tobacco leaf, herbs, currants, and black raspberries for the core of this medium-bodied, soft, energetic, wine. The palate is lively, with a leafy, herbal, peppery red currant endnote. This is the final vintage for the Tesseron family. Subsequent vintages will be produced by Jackie Lorenzetti, along with the team of Emmanuel Cruse, the new owner of the property. You can expect big things from this wine in the future. Drink from 2025-2040. |
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2020 Château Lafon-RochetSt. Estèphe Red Bordeaux Blend more |
3/3/2024 - salil wrote: 93 pointsYeah, this is the real deal. Classic St. Estèphe with black fruit, graphite, and greener tobacco leaf notes, conveyed on a medium weight frame with good acidity and plenty of grainy tannin on the back end. There's a sense of old school restraint to the flavours. It's more about potential than actual pleasure right now, though a couple of hours in the decanter lets the tannin ease up and the fruit emerge a bit more. This is something I need a lot of in the cellar. It's as classic and old school a bottle of Bordeaux as any I've had in a while and a killer value. |
| Red |
2020 Château Lafon-RochetSt. Estèphe Red Bordeaux Blend more |
2/17/2024 - Matt Scott Likes this wine: 95 pointsConsumed over two days. Black cherry, cassis, graphite, black currants, red spice, plums and red licorice. Delineated and focused, with a long, flowing finish and medium to full body. Silky tannins. A formed middle, with a slight gushing aspect. Really classy and enjoyable, yet this will age without effort. Better on day two. Drink 2026 -. |
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1995 Château Lafon-RochetSt. Estèphe Red Bordeaux Blend more |
2/5/2024 - Dj6544 wrote: 94 pointsFully mature, still full of wonderfully aged clarety joy but time to finish up in the next few years. |
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2020 Château Lafon-RochetSt. Estèphe Red Bordeaux Blend more |
2/4/2024 - Ponuppy wrote: NRNR Do you find this review helpful? Yes - No / Comments (1) |
| Red |
2012 Château Lafon-RochetSt. Estèphe Red Bordeaux Blend more |
1/7/2024 - cdesbriere Likes this wine: 92 pointsBlack currant, cedar, cigar box, baking spice. It’s austere and very dark but drinks well and still has a long potential. |
| Red |
2016 Château Lafon-RochetSt. Estèphe Red Bordeaux Blend more |
1/31/2024 - mayfield Likes this wine: 93 pointsI’ve had this twice now and while it might fall short of profound it is absolutely delicious. It drinks well after a multi-hour decant or over 3 days. Very charming; there is a healthy chunk of Merlot in there and I like what it does. This is just a great wine and still a decent value. |
| Red |
2009 Château Lafon-RochetSt. Estèphe Red Bordeaux Blend more |
1/26/2024 - vulgar little monkey wrote: 87 pointsOdd and disjoint showing. I can't discount low level TCA. Seemed a bit hot. Tasting from the open bottle the next day, it has come together a little bit more but still seems to have elements that aren't in harmony, but there is some depth to the fruit. I'll wait a few years and try again. |
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