WineMine Description
MyWineMine gives this wine a score of 864; outperforming the average for the sub-region in 2003 which is 861. The average score for Château Lafon-Rochet is 880, making this a below average effort for the producer.
When people talk about wines from Château Lafon-Rochet they use words like Cassis, Black, Oak, Purity, Full, Purple, Dense, Tannins, Acidity, Blackberry, Fruit, Impressive, Big, Ruby, Long. The 2003 shares most of these characteristics. People use these words to describe the 2003 but no other wine from Château Lafon-Rochet: Velvety, Jam, Earth, Underbrush, Jammy, Expansive, Flamboyant, Equilibrium, Elegance, Concentrated. The wine has been ready to drink for 6 years (since 2010) and should be consumed within the next 9 years (by 2025). It normally takes wines from Château Lafon-Rochet around 8 years to be ready to start drinking, and 12 further years to decline.
It represents good value compared to Château Rauzan-Ségla 2012, Château Palmer 2012, Château Lynch-Bages 2011, Les Forts de Latour 2009, Château Lafite Rothschild 2008; but better value alternatives would be Château Potensac 2005, Château Cantemerle 2011, Château Labégorce 2010, Château Langoa-Barton 2006, Château Haut-Brion 2012.
MyWineMine has compared this wine to all others it has scored; this wine offers very good value for money, beating 70% of other wines when looking at the price per point of MyWineMine Score.
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Prices & Deals for Château Lafon-Rochet 2003
| Date |
Currency |
Price |
| 2016-01-05 |
gbp |
28 |