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2002 Lafon-Rochet

Wine Details
Producer

Lafon-Rochet

Place of Origin

France

Saint Estèphe

Bordeaux

Color

Red

Grape/Blend

56.5% Cabernet Sauvignon, 40% Merlot, 3.5% Cabernet Franc

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Reviews & Tasting Notes

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Drinking Window

2022 - 2032

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With the 2002 vintage's lower pHs and higher acids, there was a danger that the overextracters would get excessively herbaceous wines, noted technical director Bernard Franc, adding that he used just 50% new oak, down from 75% in 2001, "to privilege the fruit." Franc, who told me that Lafon-Rochet prefers making a wine to drink rather than "a wine of competition," thought that it was awfully early to taste the 2002 at the beginning of April, as the wine needed more time to show refinement.