Frankrike

Ch. Lafon-Rochet

Les Pelerins de Lafon-Rochet Saint-Estephe

Bordeaux

Saint-Estephe

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WSET 2

Deep garnet-purple colored. Opens with notes of red currant jelly, cranberries, and raspberry leaves, followed by hints of black pepper, rosemary, and dusty soil. Light-bodied, the palate is delicate and fresh with soft tannins and a lively line, finishing with an herbal lift.

by Lisa Perrotti-Brown MW

The 2023 Les Pelerins de Lafon-Rochet is deep garnet-purple in color. It opens with savory notes of dried Provence herbs, tapenade, and Sichuan pepper leading to a core of redcurrants, fresh raspberries, and wet slate. The medium-bodied palate is a touch thin and green, with chewy tannins and a rugged finish. The blend is 56% Merlot and 44% Cabernet Sauvignon, with pH 3.60.

This is the first vintage with the new Jacky Lorenzetti team, headed up by estate director Christophe Congé. A serious selection process has reduced the grapes for an already small 29hl/h yield, and you get a ton of black pepper spice and blackberry fruits, with a pretty impressive sense of tannin integration after such a hot year, all closing to a tight finish of fennel, black pepper, passion fruit and orange peel. Harvest September 12 to 27. The estate's Petit Verdot is entirely used in Les Pelerins this year. Eric Boissenot consultant (so no longer Jean Claude Berrouet).

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New owner Jacky Lorenzetti got the keys to Lafon Rochet in January 2022, and technical director Christophe Congé arrived from Lafite Rothschild in March, so this is really a vintage that the Tesserons oversaw, although the blend was done by the new team. This has an attractive lift through the palate at first, and sappy redcurrant fruit, but ends with fairly high acidities and clearly had some issues with the vintage. Jean Claude Berrouet remains as consultant for this vintage, as does Eric Boissenot. Harvest 27 to October 8. 30hl/h yield, after frost and mildew.

Unfussy earthy notes of raspberry and red cherry, touches of dried bay leaf and white pepper. Dry tannins on the finish. The penultimate vintage under Basile Tesseron, just as this wine is reaching the market, ownership has changed from the Tesseron family to Jacky Lorenzetti.

2024	Ingen prisIkke tilgjengelig	Meget god
2023	Ingen prisIkke tilgjengelig	God
2022	Ingen prisIkke tilgjengelig	Strålende
2021	Ingen prisIkke tilgjengelig	God
2019	Ingen prisIkke tilgjengelig	Meget god

Kategori	Rødvin
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Produsent	Ch. Lafon-Rochet
Årgang	1996
Land	Frankrike, Bordeaux, Saint-Estephe
Flaskestørrelse	75 cl

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