Château Lafon-Rochet

Chateau Lafon Rochet is a winery located in St. Estephe, Bordeaux, France. The estate was founded in 1650 and remained in the same family for more than two centuries until it was purchased by Guy Tesseron in 1959. 

In the 1960s, the vineyard needed extensive replanting and renovating, with new wine-making facilities built by Guy Tesseron. Today, the vineyard is planted with 57% Cabernet Sauvignon, 37% Merlot, 4% Petit Verdot, and 2% Cabernet Franc. The terroir is mostly gravel, clay, sand, limestone, and marl soils, and the vineyard is planted in one large block that can be subdivided into 40 separate parcels. 

The wine is aged in 55% new, French oak barrels for 9 months before the wine is moved to one-year-old barrels, where it remains for an additional 9 months of aging before bottling. 

The best vintages of Chateau Lafon Rochet are 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2010, 2009, 2005, 2003 and 2000. The wine is best served at 15.5 degrees Celsius, 60 degrees Fahrenheit and can be enjoyed somewhat early. 

The wine is usually best enjoyed in the first 10-25 years of life. Young vintages can be decanted for 1-3 hours, and the wine is often better with at least a few years of bottle age. Chateau Lafon Rochet is best served with all types of classic meat dishes, veal, pork, beef, lamb, duck, game, roast chicken, roasted, braised, and grilled dishes. Lafon Rochet is also quite good with Asian dishes, hearty fish courses like tuna, mushrooms, and pasta.

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