【1855波爾多評級列級酒莊第四級酒莊 - Quatrieme grands crus classes】
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【Vinous 95 pts】
【James Suckling 94 pts】
【Decanter 94 pts】
【Wine Enthusiast 94 pts】
【Jeb Dunnuck 93 pts】
【Wine Spectator 93 pts】
【Wine Advocate 91-93 pts】
【Vivino 4.1】
ZTF524E - Chateau Lafon Rochet 2016 Saint Estephe 拉科魯錫酒莊
特價: $415/支
產區/等級：France / Bordeaux / Saint-Estephe 聖埃斯泰夫
葡萄品種：67% Cabernet Sauvignon, 25% Merlot, 6% Cabernet Franc, 2% Petit Verdot
酒精度：14%
【Vinous 95 pts】
The 2016 Lafon-Rochet is very intense on the nose. A mixture of red and black fruit, crushed violet, wild mint and crushed stone unfolds with aeration. It's perhaps a little Barolo in style. The palate is beautifully balanced with supple tannins, very velvety smooth with lovely acidity and sensuality on the finish. Gorgeous. A high point for the estate.
【James Suckling 94 pts】
An explosion of all manner of black berries with discreet, toasty and smoky oak, makes this a joyful St.-Estèphe. Then the great balance of ripeness, lively acidity and velvety tannins come together beautifully at the elegant finish to make this the best wine from this producer in modern times.
【Decanter 94 pts】
Closed yet concentrated and silky, this takes its time and although there is balance, it's certainly not generous. The high acidity is notable but it softens, deepens, and opens on the palate, revealing black fruits held in a chargrilled frame.
【Wine Enthusiast 94 pts】
Now producing impressive wines, this estate has made a firm, rich wine in this vintage. Its tannins are very present, but they have a velvet edge that is immediately attractive. Not that the wine won't age: its structure and good acidity will see to that.
【Jeb Dunnuck 93 pts】
Deep purple/plum-hued, it has a ripe, powerful bouquet of blackberries, truffly earth, licorice, bay leaf, and spicy oak. This carries to a medium to full-bodied, nicely concentrated Saint Estèphe with a solid spine of acidity, ripe tannins, and outstanding length. It needs 4-5 years of bottle age and should have two decades of prime drinking.
【Wine Spectator 93 pts】
This is vivid, with a mix of steeped red and black currant coulis flavors streaming through, while ample savory, bay leaf, tobacco and warm stone notes course underneath. The elements meld wonderfully on the finish, revealing a tug of savory and earth at the very end.
【Wine Advocate 91-93 pts】
It has a very succinct bouquet with blackberry, bilberry and light oyster shell aromas, classic in style, more reserved than I found the 2015 Lafon Rochet last year. The palate is medium-bodied with powerful tannin on the entry, a keen line of acidity (3.65 pH), fine symmetry with a pleasant rondeur on the finish sprinkled with black pepper and tobacco. This is a very fine Lafon Rochet from Basile Tesseron and his team.
簡介：Chateau Lafon Rochet 是一間由十六世紀留下的莊園，擁有悠久歷史，坐落在最完美與最有價值的地區，就是知名酒莊Chateau Lafite Rothschild與Chateau Cos d’Estournel之間，在1855 年波爾多評級列為4級莊。酒莊名稱 Rochet 來自法文 Roches 石頭之意，呼應所在的村莊Saint-Estephe典型的礫石地形，酒莊本身坐落一塊碎石臺地之上，俯瞰同村二級酒莊 Cos d’Estournel 和臨村Pauillac 的 Chateau Lafite，吉隆河近在咫尺，地理條件優越。莊園歷史可追溯至17世紀中成立於1650年，當時Antoinette將Rochette的土地作為她的嫁妝帶給了她的丈夫Pierre de Lafon。在結婚後，以兩人名字為莊園改名。Lafon家族持有酒莊長達230之久，為酒莊奠定了長遠的發展，在1855年評級為四級莊前已是赫赫有名的酒莊。Tesseron家族於1960年買下酒莊經營至今，2012年起聘請曾在酒王Petrus工作44年的Jean-Claude Berrouet作為酒莊的釀酒顧問，莊主認為酒莊葡萄園有一半的土壤結構與Petrus相似，善於調配的Jean-Claude能夠理想且準確的表達出屬於酒莊葡萄酒的鮮明風格。
釀造工藝 : 全手工採摘，橡木桶陳存12個月
葡萄種植 : 種植比例為：57% Cabernet Sauvignon，37% Merlot、4% Petit Verdot以及2% Cabernet Franc。平均樹齡30年。
