Château Lafon Rochet 2003
The 2003 Château Lafon Rochet is a red wine from the Saint-Estèphe appellation in Bordeaux, produced by Château Lafon Rochet. Classified as a 4th Grand Cru Classé in 1855, it belongs to the Guy Tesseron family and blends 55% Cabernet Sauvignon, 40% Merlot, and 5% Cabernet Franc. Wine Advocate awards it 89/100, Jancis Robinson 15/20, and James Suckling 93/100. Critics describe a rich and dense wine, with round and velvety tannins, featuring a long finish. Wine Advocate advises drinking it from 2014 to 2019, while Jancis Robinson indicated a window from 2008 to 2014.
La bouteille proposée
- Size
- Bottle (75cl)
- Packaging
- Loose
- Label Condition
- Perfect
- Fill Level
- Perfect
- Capsule Condition
- Perfect
Identité du vin
- Couleur
- Red
- Pays
- France
- Région
- Bordeaux
- Appellation
- Saint Estèphe
- Producteur / Domaine
- Château Lafon Rochet
- Millésime
- 2003
Cépage et assemblage
- Grape Variety
- 55% Cabernet Sauvignon, 40% Merlot, 5% Cabernet Franc
Château Lafon Rochet
Château Lafon-Rochet is a wine estate in Saint-Estèphe, classified as a fourth grand cru in the 1855 classification. Its historic vineyard is situated on the clay-limestone gravel soils of the Médoc. The Lorenzetti family have owned it since 2021; the château has been certified as organic since 2024.
- Owner
- Famille Lorenzetti
- Maître de chais
- Frédéric Renaut
- Surface (ha)
- 45.00 ha
- Production (average bottles per vintage)
- 240 000 bouteilles/an
Histoire du domaine
The estate’s origins date back to the 16th century, when it was known as Domaine de Rochet. It took the name Château Lafon-Rochet in 1790, following the marriage of Antoinette de Guillemotes to Étienne de Lafon. The château was classified as a Fourth Grand Cru in the 1855 classification. From 1897 to 1924, Frédéric Audon, who also owned Château Lilian Ladouys, merged the two estates. The Tesseron family acquired Lafon-Rochet in 1960; Guy Tesseron then began the reconstruction of the charterhouse and the restructuring of the vineyard. His son Michel succeeded him in 1999 and had the winemaking equipment modernised; the charterhouse was repainted in golden yellow in 2000. Basile Tesseron subsequently took over the management of the estate in 2007. The vineyard began the transition to organic farming in 2020, prior to the château’s acquisition by the Lorenzetti family in 2021. Certified as an organic estate in 2024, Lafon-Rochet then incorporated Château Lilian Ladouys into its portfolio; Vincent Bache-Gabrielsen manages the estates and Frédéric Renaut is the cellar master.
