Château Lafon - Sauternes

Château LafonSauternes

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(Average of the reviews for all vintages combined and from several consumer review sources)
Tasters consider this wine to be one of the best in the region.
The Sauternes of Château Lafon is a sweet wine from the region of Sauternes of Bordeaux.
In the mouth this sweet wine is a powerful with a good balance between acidity and sweetness.
This wine generally goes well with fruity desserts and blue cheese.
The Sauternes of the Château Lafon is in the top 50 of wines of Sauternes.

Taste structure of the Sauternes from the Château Lafon

Light
Bold
Dry
Sweet
Soft
Acidic

In the mouth the Sauternes of Château Lafon in the region of Bordeaux is a powerful with a good balance between acidity and sweetness.

Wine flavors and olphactive analysis

Wine with earth taste

honey, mushroom

Wine with microbio taste

cheese

Wine with oak taste

butter, toffee

On the nose the Sauternes of Château Lafon in the region of Bordeaux often reveals types of flavors of pineapple, earth or marmalade and sometimes also flavors of citrus fruit, tree fruit or oak.

Details and technical informations about Château Lafon's Sauternes.

Grape varieties
Region/Great wine region
Great wine region
Country
Style of wine
Alcohol
13.5°
Allergens
Contains sulfites

Discover the grape variety: Araignan

Araignan blanc is a grape variety that originated in France (south of France). It produces a variety of grape specially used for wine making. It is rare to find this grape to eat on our tables. This variety of grape is characterized by large bunches and large grapes. Araignan blanc is found in the vineyards of Provence and Corsica.

Last vintages of this wine

Sauternes - 2016
In the top 50 of of Sauternes wines
Average rating: 411110
Sauternes - 2015
In the top 50 of of Sauternes wines
Average rating: 4.211110
Sauternes - 2013
In the top 50 of of Sauternes wines
Average rating: 4.211110
Sauternes - 2012
In the top 50 of of Sauternes wines
Average rating: 3.81110.50
Sauternes - 2011
In the top 50 of of Sauternes wines
Average rating: 4.111110
Sauternes - 2010
In the top 50 of of Sauternes wines
Average rating: 3.81110.50
Sauternes - 2009
In the top 50 of of Sauternes wines
Average rating: 3.81110.50

The best vintages of Sauternes from Château Lafon are 2001, 2015, 2013, 2011 and 2005.

Informations about the Château Lafon

The winery offers 12 different wines.
Its wines get an average rating of 3.8.
It is in the top 3 of the best estates in the region
It is located in Sauternes in the region of Bordeaux

The Château Lafon is one of of the world's greatest estates. It offers 8 wines for sale in the of Sauternes to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top wine Bordeaux
In the top 6000 of of France wines
In the top 55 of of Sauternes wines
In the top 800 of sweet wines
In the top 25000 wines of the world

The wine region of Sauternes

Sauternes, 65 km South of Bordeaux, is a Village renowned for its high quality Sweet wines. Although some wineries produce Dry wines, they sell them under other appellations than Sauternes, which is specific to sweet wines. The village is surrounded on all sides by vineyards, the best of which produce some of the most prestigious, long-lasting and expensive dessert wines in the world. A half bottle of premium, aged Sauternes from a good Vintage can sell for over $1,000.


The wine region of Bordeaux

Bordeaux, in southwestern France, is one of the most famous, prestigious and prolific wine regions in the world. The majority of Bordeaux wines (nearly 90% of the production Volume) are the Dry, medium and Full-bodied red Bordeaux blends for which it is famous. The finest (and most expensive) are the wines of the great châteaux of Haut-Médoc and the right bank appellations of Saint-Émilion and Pomerol. The former focuses (at the highest level) on Cabernet Sauvignon, the latter on Merlot.

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The word of the wine: Second fermentation

In the making of champagne, fermentation of the base wine to which is added the liqueur de tirage and which takes place in the bottle. This second fermentation produces the carbon dioxide, and therefore the bubbles that make up the effervescence of the wine.

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