2016 Chateau Lafon-Rochet 4eme Cru Classe, Saint-Estephe Cuvee_Tre Tine She ages this wine for

She ages this wine for one year in a combination of 50% used 500-liter oak barrels and 50% terracotta jar

where the vines average 35 years of age

followed by several months of undisturbed lees aging to develop textural breadth without the use of forced carbonation

a substrate that provides the essential moisture retention and cooling influence necessary for structural balance

allowing the wine to develop complexity over its extended time in the bottle

2016 Chateau Lafon-Rochet 4eme Cru Classe, Saint-Estephe Cuvee_Tre Tine She ages this wine forThe 2016 Chteau Lafon Rochet marks a pivotal technical shift for this 4me Cru Class, representing the estates first vintage farmed almost entirely under organic methods. Located in Saint Estphe, the vineyard benefits from a singular, contiguous block of gravel and clay limestone soils, which proved critical in regulating water access during the dry, intense summer of 2016. The estate utilized optical sorting and fermentation in new concrete vats,