The Château Lafont of Bordeaux

Château Lafont
The winery offers 2 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 3.5.
It is ranked in the top 5325 of the estates of Bordeaux.
It is located in Bordeaux

The Château Lafont is one of the best wineries to follow in Bordeaux.. It offers 2 wines for sale in of Bordeaux to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Château Lafont wines

Looking for the best Château Lafont wines in Bordeaux among all the wines in the region? Check out our tops of the best red, white or effervescent Château Lafont wines. Also find some food and wine pairings that may be suitable with the wines from this area. Learn more about the region and the Château Lafont wines with technical and enological descriptions.

The top red wines of Château Lafont

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Château Lafont

How Château Lafont wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, veal or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of monkfish (anglerfish) à la sétoise, breaded veal cutlets or rabbit with prunes.

Organoleptic analysis of red wines of Château Lafont

On the nose the red wine of Château Lafont. often reveals types of flavors of cheese, microbio or red fruit. In the mouth the red wine of Château Lafont. is a powerful with a nice balance between acidity and tannins.

The best vintages in the red wines of Château Lafont

  • 2016With an average score of 3.70/5
  • 2014With an average score of 3.60/5
  • 2017With an average score of 3.50/5
  • 2011With an average score of 3.50/5
  • 2010With an average score of 3.40/5
  • 2013With an average score of 3.20/5

The grape varieties most used in the red wines of Château Lafont.

  • Cabernet Sauvignon
  • Cabernet Franc
  • Merlot

Discovering 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.

The legendary reds are complemented by high-quality white wines made from Semillon and Sauvignon Blanc. These range from dry whites that challenge the best of Burgundy (Pessac-Léognan is particularly renowned) to the Sweet, botrytised nectars of Sauternes. Although Bordeaux is most famous for its wines produced in specific districts or communes, many of its wines fall under other, broader appellations. These include AOC Bordeaux, Bordeaux Supérieur and Crémant de Bordeaux.

The Bordeaux Red appellation represents more than a third of the total production. The official Bordeaux wine region extends 130 kilometres inland from the Atlantic coast. 111,000 hectares of vineyards were registered in 2018, a figure that has remained largely constant over the previous decade. However, the number of winegrowers has consolidated; in 2018 there were around 6,000, compared to 9,000 a decade earlier.

Discover other wineries and winemakers neighboring the Château Lafont

Planning a wine route in the of Bordeaux? Here are the wineries to visit and the winemakers to meet during your trip in search of wines similar to Château Lafont.

Discover the grape variety: Merlot

Merlot noir is a grape variety that originated in France (Bordeaux). 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 small to medium sized bunches, and medium sized grapes. Merlot noir can be found in many vineyards: South West, Languedoc & Roussillon, Cognac, Bordeaux, Loire Valley, Armagnac, Burgundy, Jura, Champagne, Rhone Valley, Beaujolais, Provence & Corsica, Savoie & Bugey.

News about Château Lafont and wines from the region

Château Angélus: producer profile

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Fine wine demand slows as recession fears mount, says Liv-ex

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Chinese customs seize over 1,100 bottles of fine wine from Hong Kong

According to China’s General Administration of Customs, the seized goods consisted of more than 1,000 bottles of Penfolds from Australia and over 100 bottles of top-end Bordeaux wine, including first growth labels such as Château Lafite Rothschild and Château Margaux. The Chinese customs authorities discovered the cases of illegally imported bottles by checking the amount of wine declared on the offending company’s documents against the actual number of items being transported. The smuggled good ...

The word of the wine: Nebuchadnezzar

Bottle with a capacity of 15 litres.