Château Lafon-Rochet
- Red
- France
- Saint-Estèphe
- Cabernet Sauvignon
- Cabernet Franc
- Malbec
- Merlot
- Petit Verdot
- Carménère
- Tracked vintages
- 57
- Community notes
- 2,127
- Merchant offers
- 391
What we know about this wine
- Critics
- 93/ 1002025 vintage
- Real drinkers
- 88/ 1002,127 notes, every vintage
- Market price
- £29per 75 cl2020 · nearest vintage with a price · 3-1500 ml in-bond trade, May 2021
- Drinking window
- 2029–2045hold2024 · nearest vintage with a window
Flavour and structure
What drinkers taste in this wine across its vintages, and how it is built: body, acidity, tannin and sweetness on a five-point scale, with the number of ratings behind them.
Structure from 611 community ratings, read 2026-08-12. Style: Bordeaux Saint-Estèphe.
- Body4.3 / 5
- LightFull
- Acidity4.1 / 5
- SoftCrisp
- Tannin4.2 / 5
- SmoothGrippy
- Sweetness1.6 / 5
- DrySweet
- Black fruit · blackcurrant, blackberry, plum, cassis, black fruit
- Oak · oak, tobacco, cedar, vanilla, chocolate
- Earth · leather, earthy, smoke, mushroom, graphite
- Red fruit · cherry, red fruit, strawberry, raspberry, red cherry
- Spice · pepper, licorice, mint, cinnamon, eucalyptus
- Dried fruit · prune, fig, dried fruit, raisin, dried blackberry
Grapes: Cabernet Sauvignon, Cabernet Franc, Malbec, Merlot, Petit Verdot, Carménère. Proportions are not recorded.
Descriptors are the words drinkers used most, grouped; counts are mentions. Tannin is shown only where it was measured.
1994One point per priced vintage. Years with no price we can stand behind are not drawn.2020
Vintages
Each vintage has its own page with both scores, the drinking window and the merchant price range. The meter is the score on a 60-100 scale and its colour is where that vintage stands against its own drinking window. Prices are per 75cl, with the case size and month they were taken from.
- 202593criticunit not stated
- 202492critic
- 202392criticunit not stated
- 202293criticunit not stated
- 202191criticunit not stated
- 202094critic£29 / 75cl3-1500 ml in-bond trade, May 2021
- 201994criticunit not stated
- 201893critic£23 / 75cl6-bottle in-bond trade, April 2026
- 201791critic£33 / 75cl6-1500 ml in-bond trade, June 2018
- 201694critic£31 / 75cl6-bottle in-bond trade, January 2026
- 201592critic£26 / 75cl12-bottle in-bond trade, December 2016
- 201491critic£25 / 75cl12-bottle in-bond trade, January 2025
- 201388critic£19 / 75cl12-bottle in-bond trade, March 2015
- 201289critic£14 / 75cl6-bottle in-bond trade, July 2016
- 201189criticunit not stated
- 201092critic£33 / 75cl12-bottle in-bond trade, April 2020
- 200992critic£46 / 75cl12-bottle in-bond trade, October 2025
- 200889critic£27 / 75cl12-bottle in-bond trade, August 2017
- 200788criticunit not stated
- 200689critic£35 / 75cl12-bottle in-bond trade, October 2017
- 200591critic£104 / 75clsingle-bottle in-bond trade, October 2025
- 200488critic
- 200391critic
- 200288criticunit not stated
- 200189criticunit not stated
- 200090critic£43 / 75cl12-bottle in-bond trade, January 2021
- 199987criticunit not stated
- 199888criticunit not stated
- 199788critic
- 199690critic£43 / 75cl12-bottle in-bond trade, December 2019
- 199590criticunit not stated
- 199490critic£27 / 75cl6-bottle in-bond trade, September 2021
- 199388drinkersunit not stated
- 199288drinkers
- 199089drinkersunit not stated
- 198989criticunit not stated
- 198888drinkersunit not stated
- 198686drinkersunit not stated
- 198589drinkers
- 198389drinkersunit not stated
- 198286drinkersunit not stated
- 198179drinkersunit not stated
- 198080drinkers
- 197987drinkersunit not stated
- 197883drinkersunit not stated
- 197585drinkersunit not stated
- 197486drinkers
- 197087drinkersunit not stated
- 196691drinkers
- 1965unit not stated
- 196492drinkers
- 196292drinkersunit not stated
- 196190drinkers
- 196050drinkers
- 195992drinkers
- 195591drinkers
- Holdits window has not opened
- Window not recordedthe vintage carries no window, so the meter shows its score alone
- Best scored
- 2016
- 94 / 100 from a critic
- Lowest price
- 2012
- £14 per 75 cl
Price by vintage
One monthly median per vintage, divided by the case size it was quoted in, so the bars are the same unit. These are our own aggregates, not offers: nobody will sell you a median.
Solid: a realised in-bond trade
View as a table
| Vintage | Price / 75cl | Critic score | In drink window | Basis |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | £29 | 93.6 | — | per 75cl, from a 3-1500 ml in-bond trade, May 2021 |
| 2018 | £23 | 92.6 | — | per 75cl, from a 6-bottle in-bond trade, April 2026 |
| 2017 | £33 | 91.4 | — | per 75cl, from a 6-1500 ml in-bond trade, June 2018 |
| 2016 | £31 | 94.3 | — | per 75cl, from a 6-bottle in-bond trade, January 2026 |
| 2015 | £26 | 92.4 | — | per 75cl, from a 12-bottle in-bond trade, December 2016 |
| 2014 | £25 | 91 | — | per 75cl, from a 12-bottle in-bond trade, January 2025 |
| 2013 | £19 | 88.3 | — | per 75cl, from a 12-bottle in-bond trade, March 2015 |
| 2012 | £14 | 88.5 | — | per 75cl, from a 6-bottle in-bond trade, July 2016 |
| 2010 | £33 | 92 | — | per 75cl, from a 12-bottle in-bond trade, April 2020 |
| 2009 | £46 | 91.8 | — | per 75cl, from a 12-bottle in-bond trade, October 2025 |
| 2008 | £27 | 88.9 | — | per 75cl, from a 12-bottle in-bond trade, August 2017 |
| 2006 | £35 | 88.5 | — | per 75cl, from a 12-bottle in-bond trade, October 2017 |
| 2005 | £104 | 90.6 | — | per 75cl, from a single-bottle in-bond trade, October 2025 |
| 2000 | £43 | 90.3 | — | per 75cl, from a 12-bottle in-bond trade, January 2021 |
| 1996 | £43 | 89.8 | — | per 75cl, from a 12-bottle in-bond trade, December 2019 |
| 1994 | £27 | 90 | — | per 75cl, from a 6-bottle in-bond trade, September 2021 |
Where to go next
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