Château Lafont Menaut
AOC Pessac-Léognan Red
Technical sheets
- 2013
VINTAGE 2013
TASTING NOTES
This growth does credit to its outstanding terroir with a wine whose charm and richness are evident from the start: a beautiful garnet red in colour and a deliciously complex bouquet which succulently combines toasty notes and ripe black fruits. The palate is creamy and fleshy, with elegant tannins providing a balanced whole, crowned by a long finish. One of the best wines to date from this growth, which improves with each successive year.
AGEING
A wine to drink young, from 2015, but does have an ageing potential of more than 10 years.
MEDALS & AWARDS
Mention - Guide Hachette des Vins 2017
- 2014
VINTAGE 2014
TASTING NOTES
Brilliant wine, rather dense, garnet-red. Fine intensity on the nose. A first sniff reveals red fruit and black cherry. Swirling reveals vanilla aromas and spicy notes. The oak confers discreet, elegant toastiness. The attack is frank, with a superb, mouthfilling tannic structure taking over at mid-palate and roundness and power evenly balanced. The overall impression is an aromatic wine with notes of black fruit and spices with toastiness at the finish. The finish is long, revealing a wine which is still young, but can be laid down and enjoyed for up to a decade. A wine to savour with friends, accompanying red or white meat, hard cheese, or chocolate desserts.
AGEING
A wine to drink young, from 2016, but does have an ageing potential of more than 10 years.
- 2016
VINTAGE 2016
TASTING NOTES
Densely coloured, nearly black, the product of an already great vintage. It presents a generous bouquet of blackberry and blackcurrant with an elegant touch of high-quality oak, which brings out the smoky and mineral notes characteristic of the terroir. The palate is fleshy, with tannins wrapped in silky extract and displaying remarkable freshness – the trademark of its prestigious place of origin.
AGEING
Best drunk young from 2019, but has cellaring potential for another few years.
MEDALS & AWARDS
1* Guide Hachette des Vins 2020