Chateau Lafon Rochet Saint-Estephe 2020 042326OFFER giving it national recognition

giving it national recognition

sweet with notes of toasted wood

and refreshingly unorthodox

5 hectares of vines planted in the 1930s

The rare Rosso is a local blend of Bonamico

Chateau Lafon Rochet Saint-Estephe 2020 042326OFFER giving it national recognitionThe yellow chateau of Saint Estephe, Lafon Rochet is a Fourth Growth that has been quietly producing some of the appellation's most reliable wines for decades. The 2020 was crafted under the long stewardship of the Tesseron family, just before the estate transitioned to the Lorenzetti family in 2021. It's a ripe, modern Saint Estephe in a warm, generous vintage plenty of dark Cabernet fruit, freshened by the appellation's signature mineral grip. Built