Château Lafon-Rochet 2025
St-Estèphe 4ème Grand Cru Classé
Bordeaux, France
Regular price£138.00
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Arriving: Mid 2028
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| Style: Red | Packaging: OCC |
| ABV: 12.7% | Closure: Cork |
| Organic: Yes | Drink from: 2030 |
| Biodynamic: Yes | Drink to: 2055 |
| Grapes: 66% Cabernet Sauvignon, 29% Merlot, 3% Cabernet Franc, 2% Petit Verdot. | |
Critic scores
91-93 RP, 91-93 NM, 94-96 AG, 93-94 JS, 92-94 JD, 91-93 LPB, 92 JA, 94 DC, 93-95 DB
Critic reviews
"The 2025 Lafon-Rochet reveals a fresh, gourmand bouquet of dark wild berries and blackberry, becoming more floral with aeration. Medium- to full-bodied, dense and structured, it shows a firm profile that is less immediately charming on the palate than the nose suggests. It's built around a fleshy core of fruit that is framed by youthful, finely grained tannins and concludes with a delicate, perfumed finish. It should offer both early approachability and solid aging potential. It's a blend of 66% Cabernet Sauvignon, 29% Merlot, 3% Cabernet Franc and 2% Petit Verdot, matured in a mix of 15% new oak, 40% foudres and 10% concrete."
Yohan Castaing, April 2026, RobertParker.com
"The 2025 Lafon-Rochet was picked from September 9 to 23 and matured in less new oak than usual, around 15%, with more foudres, 40%, including around one-third new from Stockinger and Taransaud. I think the influence of the new foudres is tangible on the nose and at the moment just masks a little of the fruit profile. The palate is medium-bodied with firm tannins, classic and a little austere in style, very Saint-Estèphe with an off-dry finish. I would have liked just a little more sustain and complexity, but it delivers an attractive salinity on the aftertaste."
Neal Martin, May 2026, Vinous.com
"The 2025 Lafon-Rochet is classy and polished, as it so often is. Readers will find a Saint-Estèphe of nuance, delineation and understated class. Vibrant blue/purplish fruit, lavender, sage and menthol are some of the many nuances that begin to open with some coaxing. This is classic Lafon-Rochet all the way. Tasted two times."
Antonio Galloni, April 2026, Vinous.com
"Great quality, slate and cassis notes, iris flowers, crayon, fine tannins, muscular and sculpted, if slim through the finish. Vincent Bache-Gabrielsen director of Lafon Rochet and Lilian Ladouys."
Jane Anson, April 2026, JaneAnson.com
Yohan Castaing, April 2026, RobertParker.com
"The 2025 Lafon-Rochet was picked from September 9 to 23 and matured in less new oak than usual, around 15%, with more foudres, 40%, including around one-third new from Stockinger and Taransaud. I think the influence of the new foudres is tangible on the nose and at the moment just masks a little of the fruit profile. The palate is medium-bodied with firm tannins, classic and a little austere in style, very Saint-Estèphe with an off-dry finish. I would have liked just a little more sustain and complexity, but it delivers an attractive salinity on the aftertaste."
Neal Martin, May 2026, Vinous.com
"The 2025 Lafon-Rochet is classy and polished, as it so often is. Readers will find a Saint-Estèphe of nuance, delineation and understated class. Vibrant blue/purplish fruit, lavender, sage and menthol are some of the many nuances that begin to open with some coaxing. This is classic Lafon-Rochet all the way. Tasted two times."
Antonio Galloni, April 2026, Vinous.com
"Great quality, slate and cassis notes, iris flowers, crayon, fine tannins, muscular and sculpted, if slim through the finish. Vincent Bache-Gabrielsen director of Lafon Rochet and Lilian Ladouys."
Jane Anson, April 2026, JaneAnson.com