Château Lafon-Rochet - St.-Estèphe 2000 (750ml)
Price: $86.00
| Producer | Château Lafon-Rochet |
| Country | France |
| Region | Bordeaux |
| Subregion | St.-Estephe |
| Varietal | Bordeaux Blend |
| Vintage | 2000 |
| Sku | 7841 |
| Size | 750ml |
Jeff Leve, The Wine Cellar Insider: 91 Points
A bargain when it was first offered, the wine attracts your attention with its earthy, tobacco, plum, forest and spicy black cherry nose. Good concentration and a long, fresh, blackberry finish are the hallmarks of this wine. It's just starting to open, soften and come together. This should drink well for at least another 12 to 15 years.
Wine Spectator: 91 Points
Concentrated wine. Intense aromas of grilled meat, spice and plum skin. Full-bodied, with big silky tannins and lots of fruit. Long and chewy. Best after 2007. 11,165 cases made.
Vinous Media: 90 Points
Dark red. Assertive, oaky nose features smoked meat and leather. Sweet, dense and packed with fruit. Really spreads out on the back end, finishing with broad, powerful tannins.
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Wine Advocate: 90 Points
One of the sleepers of the 1996 vintage Lafon-Rochet has turned out an atypically powerful rich and concentrated wine bursting with black currant fruit. The opaque purple color gives way to a medium to full-bodied tannic backward wine with terrific purity a sweet concentrated mid-palate and a long blockbuster finish. This wine remains one of the finest values from the luxury-priced 1996 vintage and is well-worth purchasing by readers who are willing to invest 5-6 years of patience; it should keep for two decades. Anticipated maturity: 2005-2020.
Vinous
The 2000 Lafon-Rochet is a vintage that I have not encountered for many years. Now showing some bricking on the rim, it has quite an exotic bouquet with maraschino cherry, strawberry, balsamic and brown spices, nicely defined and holding up well. The palate is medium-bodied and well-balanced, with grainy tannins. Maybe a little dryness is beginning to creep in, yet there is a fine grip and a long tobacco finish. Tasted at the Lafon-Rochet vertical at the property.
