Château Lafont Menaut
AOC Pessac-Léognan Red
Technical sheets
- 2011
VINTAGE 2011
TASTING NOTES
Brilliant wine with a rather dense, garnet-red hue. Intense aromas. A first sniff reveals red fruit and black cherry. On swirling, the glass is filled with aromas of raspberry, vanilla and spicy notes. The oak confers discreet, elegant toastiness. The front-of-palate is frank and followed at mid-palate by the emergence of fine, mouthfilling tannins. Fine balance between roundness and power throughout. Overall, an aromatic wine with notes of black fruit and spices and a toasty back-of-palate. Rather long finish, a good wine for cellaring. Food match: red or white meats, hard cheeses, chocolate desserts
AGEING
Best drunk young from 2014, but has cellaring potential for another few years.
MEDALS & AWARDS
1* - Guide Hachette des Vins 2015
- 2012
VINTAGE 2012
TASTING NOTES
Brilliant red with purple tints. A first sniff reveals red fruit and spices, with raspberry, vanilla and toasty notes filling the glass on swirling. The oak confers discreet, elegant toastiness. Supple on attack, the mid-palate displaying taut tannins offset by mouthfilling volume and fine aromatic intensity. Overall, a very harmonious wine with a fresh-flavoured palate (black berried fruit). Fine length. Food match : red or white meats, hard cheeses, chocolate desserts
AGEING
A wine to drink young, from 2015, but does have an ageing potential of more than 10 years.
- 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.