Chateau Lafon Rochet Saint-Estephe 2020 CS20231031 in a spritz

in a spritz

Planted to Chardonnay on limestone

Bold enough to stand alone

Of his village lieux-dits

and the untamed beauty of Patagonia

Chateau Lafon Rochet Saint-Estephe 2020 CS20231031 in a spritzThe 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