Good full purple-tinged ruby. Spicy red cherry, cedar, tar, ash and incense on the nose, complicated by a hint of coffee reduction. Then more restrained and refined in the mouth, with terrific depth and freshness to the smoky blackberry, dark plum and mineral flavors. Sound acids give this fleshy wine admirable clarity and cut on the long, youthfully tannic finish. This very pure, dense wine appears to be one of the most accomplished Lafon-Rochet wines in recent memory. 91-94 Points, Ian D'Agata for Stephen Tanzer's Int'l Cellar
Perhaps the finest Lafon Rochet ever made, the purity, freshness, and sweet, rich, blueberry and boysenberry fruit and hint of pen ink that are found in this opaque purple-colored wine are impressive. Massive in the mouth, with freshness, delineation, and sweet tannin, it is a major sleeper of the vintage that should last for 25+ years. (Tasted two times.) 91-93 Points, Robert Parker's Wine Advocate (Apr 2010)
Currant and spices on the nose follow through to a medium body, with fine tannins and a medium finish. Solid structure. 89-92 points, James Suckling for The Wine Spectator, Online March 25, 2010. | 
