In Bond Fine Wine. 2019 Château Lafon Rochet, Saint-Estephe, Bordeaux, France. Fourth Growth • Red Bordeaux in 6x75cl. Top critic score: 93/100 (NM). Drinking window: 2025+. Sold in bond by Albany Vintners, independent fine wine merchants.
Jeb Dunnuck (JD) — 93–95/100 · JebDunnuck.com, 30/06/2020
A wine I don't get to taste as often as I'd like, the 2019 Chateau Lafon-Rochet is based on 65% Cabernet Sauvignon, 30% Merlot, and 5% Cabernet Franc from deep, gravelly soils in Saint-Est'phe. Deep purple-hued, with a great bouquet of ripe black and blue fruits intermixed with classic cedar pencil and tobacco, it's medium to full-bodied, has a balanced, elegant texture, silky tannins, and a grea…
Jane Anson (JA) — 93/100 · Decanter.com, 30/05/2020 · Drink 2026-2042
Spiced pepper and cinnamon on the first nose, good concentration, pencil lead and slate abound in this alongside cassis bud and touches of brambled hedgerow, all of which suggests fresh acidities and good backbone. Some chewy tannins also, this is a serious Lafon that will age well. Less immediately seductive than the 2018. Tasted twice two weeks apart.
James Lawther MW (JLM) — 16.5/20 · JancisRobinson.com, 20/06/2020 · Drink 2027-2038
60% Cabernet Sauvignon, 34% Merlot, 6% Petit Verdot. Barrel sample. Dark and subdued but very fresh. Adequate fruit but long and linear with plenty of drive. Good persistence and lovely palate-cleansing finish.