2018 Chateau Laroque, Saint-Emilion Grand Cru, France 6.0L

On a limestone rock plateau, Laroque, the largest wine estate of Saint-Emilion, stands as a defensive stronghold, a witness to a rich and distant past... The unique character of Chateau Laroque, created by a majestic landscape and thick solid walls, evokes a rich and distant past. The restoration of the cellars carried out in the 19th century was the work of Maurice Dufaure de Rochefort, a keen enthusiast of Saint-Emilion wines. Once the new cellars had been completed, he refocused the economic activity of Château Laroque solely on vine-growing. After the phylloxera epidemic and the hard times ...