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Château Lafon Rochet - 2000 - Château Lafon-Rochet
Ref: A034900
4eme Cru Classé St Estèphe

2000 produced fantastic wine at Lafon-Rochet. loaded with weight, fruit and extraction and balanced perfectly with fine-grained tannins and acidity. Drink 2010 to 2025.

Château Lafon Rochet is ideally located between Chateau Lafite-Rothschild and Chateau Cos D`Estournel on a Quarternary gravel soil with a clay/limestone subsoil. Approximately 40 hectares of this 45 hectare estate are under vine, planted with 55% Cabernet Sauvignon, 40% Merlot and 5% Cabernet Franc. The average age of vine is 30 years at a planting density of 9,000 vines per hectare. The grapes are harvested by hand and vinified for between 15 and 30 days in thermo-regulated vats after which they are transferred into barrel for 15 to 20 months, 40% new oak. The wine is fined and filtered before bottling (usually around 12,000 cases of Grand Vin).

Price: £33.69
Including VAT at 17.5%

Qty:

France - Bordeaux (St. Estèphe)	2000	Medium Bodied
Cabernet-Sauvignon/Merlot/Cabernet Franc	Red	Beef/Game/Cheese
Château Lafon-Rochet	Medium Dry	Best laid down

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