2019 | Château Lafon-Rochet | Saint-Estèphe | France Soul of the Sensei and slick

and slick

An incisive bouquet evokes fresh citrus and orchard fruits

and raspberries

So many layers to ponder over

as well as a seam of chalky minerality

2019 | Château Lafon-Rochet | Saint-Estèphe | France Soul of the Sensei and slickFourth Growth St Estphe between Cos and Lafite classic, muscular Bordeaux in a great vintage, half bottle format. Chteau Lafon Rochet is a Fourth Growth (1855) sitting on choice St Estphe gravel between Cos d'Estournel and Lafite Rothschild, long owned by the Tesseron family of Cognac and Pontet Canet fame. The 2019 is classic Lafon Rochet monolithic, muscular, Cabernet driven from one of the decade's benchmark Left Bank vintages, in a convenient