WineMine Description
MyWineMine gives this wine a score of 902; outperforming the average for the sub-region in 2005 which is 864. The average score for Château Lafon-Rochet is 879, making this an above 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 2005 shares most of these characteristics. People use these words to describe the 2005 but no other wine from Château Lafon-Rochet: Musky, Length, Enormous, Creme, Complexity, Herbs, Raspberries, Plums, Patience, Leather. The wine is ready to drink now (2016) and should be consumed within the next 14 years (by 2030). 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 Lafite Rothschild 2008, Château Palmer 2012, Château Rauzan-Ségla 2012, Château Grand-Puy-Lacoste 2008, Château Lynch-Bages 2011; but better value alternatives would be Château Potensac 2005, Château Langoa-Barton 2006.
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 2005
| Date |
Currency |
Price |
| 2016-01-05 |
gbp |
28 |