Ratings By Robert Parker 88 Tasting Notes A strong effort for this vintage, the 2008 exhibits a dark plum/purple color, plenty of firm, rugged, austere tannins, copious red and black fruits, admirable flavor intensity and medium body. Cellar it for 3-4 years and drink it over the following 15.(Wine Advocate #194 May 2011) By Robert… Read More »
Ratings By Robert Parker 88 Tasting Notes Earthy, autumnal, vegetative notes intermixed with sweet cola, black cherry, and black currant are present in this dense purple-colored wine. Firm tannins are present, but the wine has excellent fruit, depth, and texture. Anticipated maturity: 2013-2022.(Wine Advocate #181 Feb 2009) By Robert Parker
Ratings By Robert Parker 90 Tasting Notes At present, this structured, backward 2005 is dominated by the vintage??s substantial tannins. It exhibits a saturated ruby/purple color, a reticent but promising bouquet of sweet black fruits intermixed with weedy tobacco, licorice, and leather characteristics. Medium-bodied and powerful, with excruciating tannin, but promising potential, patience is most… Read More »
Ratings By Robert Parker 90 Tasting Notes A big time sleeper of the vintage, the noteworthy 2004 Lafon-Rochet boasts an inky/blue/purple color, sweet aromas of creme de cassis intermixed with smoke, licorice, and toasty new oak, a ripe, medium to full-bodied style, sweet tannin, and loads of flavor as well as depth. This beauty can… Read More »
Ratings By Robert Parker 90+ Tasting Notes A sleeper of the vintage, the dense blue/purple-colored 2003 Lafon-Rochet exhibits plenty of blackberry, cassis and graphite along with a touch of toasty new oak. The wine is more backward than expected, but it possesses full-bodied, concentrated flavors as well as good elegance, purity, and overall equilibrium. This… Read More »
Ratings By Robert Parker 86 Tasting Notes Dark ruby/purple with a pleasant, straightforward nose of plums, flowers, underbrush, and licorice, the medium-bodied 2002 possesses a good attack and mid-palate, but then finishes abruptly. Drink it over the next 6-7 years.(Wine Advocate #158 Apr 2005) By Robert Parker
Ratings By Robert Parker 88 Tasting Notes Performing much better than it did from barrel, Lafon-Rochet??s 2001 exhibits a dark ruby/purple color along with complex aromas of underbrush, melted licorice, black fruits, and tree bark. Smooth, polished tannins are found in this medium to full-bodied, monolithic but attractive, well-endowed St.-Estephe. It is revealing more aromatic… Read More »
Ratings By Robert Parker 90 Tasting Notes One of the better wines (and also reasonably priced) to emerge from this property over recent years, this dense ruby/purple-colored wine shows a complex nose of earth, underbrush, creosote, creme de cassis, and dried herbs. Sporting a new yellow/orange label that matches the dramatic paint job on the… Read More »
Ratings By Robert Parker 87 Tasting Notes Scents of dried Provencal herbs, spicy new oak, red currants, and a hint of cassis jump from the glass of this dark ruby/plum-colored 1999. The wine is soft and seductive, with cherry and licorice characteristics discernable in the flavors. It can be drunk now and over the next… Read More »