Chateau Lafon-Rochet St-Estephe 4th Growth 2010

$166.00

Under the guidance of family Tesseron (also owners of Pontet Canet) you get this modern classic that typifies St-Estephe’s plush fruit and chunky structure.

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Now under the ownership of the Cognac family Tesseron, the Chateau Lafon-Rochet star is sure to rise. The Tesserons took Pontet Canet to a new level of excellence with biodynamic viticulture and attention to detail. Their 45 hectares are broken into 56% Cabernet Sauvignon, 40% Merlot and 4% Cabernet Franc. Merlot plantings are being increased to further push the house style into the plush and silky  sphere.

Somewhat atypical of Lafon. A hint stewed, herbal and lean with currants and Ribena. The palate is more true to form with dry, meaty, dark plums and chocolate. It has a long, clean finish and some chunky St-Estephe tannins.

St-Estephe

The Northern most appellation in the 1885 classification the higher levels of clay makes for denser wines with good fruit richness and plush palate. St-Estephe only has five classified growths but it is a case of quality 0ver quantity.

Cabernet Sauvignon

The noble variety of Bordeaux’s left bank. Firm tannins, a streak of acidity and punctuated by flavours of cassis, violets, spice and leather. The best examples can age for the long term. Although Cabernet does often require blending with Merlot, Cabernet Franc or Shiraz to fix the hole it has in its middle palate.

Merlot

It gets a tough time most of the places it is grown. But in Pomerol and Saint-Emilion Merlot not only dominates but makes some of the best wines in the world. Perfume, silky and plush. Cabernets Franc and Sauvignon season the wines with structure and acid but in some places, like Petrus they are almost not needed.

Cabernet Franc 

Is actually one of the parents of Cabernet Sauvignon… along with Sauvignon Blanc (oh! The name makes sense now!).  It is most famous for being the third most important grape in quality Bordeaux but also excels in the Loire Valley (where it lived before it went to Bordeaux), especially Chinon and Saumur. The wines are bright red in colour, highlight aromatic with raspberries, rose petals, violets along with tobacco, cassis and some herbal elements. The best examples can live as long as any great wine.

2010 

Largely over looked after the amazing 2009s. Is this better than 2000, 2005, 2009? Is it more like the famous vintages to follow up the greats such as 1996 and 2001? All I know is that after tasting the first shipment of 2010s my customers requested a second tasting and fast. See Decanters notes of the vintage here.

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Weight 1.3 kg
Dimensions 7 × 7 × 30 cm
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