Château Lafon-Rochet is a conventionally run estate in Saint Estèphe on the left bank of the Bordeaux region. It produces red wine under the Saint Estèphe AOC. In 1955 Guy Tesseron, a negociant in Cognac, who was married to Nicole, daughter of the late Emmanuel Cruse of Château d’Issan, bought the estate. He rebuilt the chateau in the 1960s . The Château is a replica of a chartreuse.

Classification: 1855 4th Growth.

Owner: Same as Château Pontet-Canet. Michel Tesseron succeeded Alfred Tesseron (see also Château Pontet-Canet), son of Guy Tesseron.

Former staff: Régisseur: Jean Michel Comme (1990+).

Vineyards: In the south of Saint-Estèphe immediately west of Cos Labory and behind Chateau Lafite. 1855: 22 ha. Cabernet Sauvignon was too high historically

Chapel: this offered a place of prayer to pilgrims on their way to Santiago de Compostela.

Wines

Saint-Estèphe AOC, Numéro 2 de Lafon Rochet: Second wine.

Saint-Estèphe AOC, Les Pèlerins de Lafon Rochet: Second wine.

Saint-Estèphe AOC, Château Lafon Rochet: The grand vin.

Contact

Château Lafon-Rochet

F-33180 Saint Estèphe, France

Tel+33 05.56.59.32.06 | www.lafon-rochet.com

Bibliography

Visit by Monty and Richard Kershaw, Monday 18th November 1996, 10am (at Château Pontet-Canet).