France Bordeaux Ch. LaroqueLaroque

1924 Laroque

Laroque

Bordeaux / France

Red

Bts

0 Immediate | 1 Marketplace

£609.00

About The Producer

The producer

Ch. Laroque

Ch. Laroque is a Saint-Emilion estate which takes its name from the plateau of limestone rock on which it sits.

Class act: Saint-Emilion

Saint-Emilion’s classification is in crisis – embroiled in court cases and controversy. But why? And does it matter? Sophie Thorpe investigates Saint-Emilion has been hitting the headlines. And not in the way it would like to. In July, just after the region’s châteaux submitted applications for the 2022 classification, two of the region’s four Premier Cru Classé A estates – ...

BY Sophie Thorpe,

ON September 23, 2021

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ON April 12, 2019

2018 Bordeaux En Primeur: The Week in Review #2

The first full week of the campaign is now behind us and already we have seen some top wines released. So far the Right Bank has dominated, with Chateau Angelus being the only top Grand Cru Classe released so far, causing huge interest. However, the high scoring, low priced Chateau Laroque was also an incredibly popular choice as was Chateau ...

ON April 26, 2019

2018 Bordeaux En Primeur: The Week in Review #3

Another busy week of En Primeur with a steady flow of releases from across the appellations. The highlight release of the week had to be Chateau Clinet who produced an outstanding wine in 2018, receiving some of the highest scores ever at the property, yet releasing the wine at a significantly lower price than both its 2015 and 2016 wines. ...

ON May 3, 2019

2018 Bordeaux En Primeur: The Week in Review #4

Another busy week in Bordeaux with some major releases stirring huge interest from around the world. Chateau Pavie Macquin was one of the top picks in Saint-Emilion in terms of quality and price and the wine unsurprisingly sold out very quickly. Le Dome was another Saint-Emilion hit in 2018 and again its fair pricing combined with huge critic approval saw ...

ON May 10, 2019

Product Details

Country

France

Region

Bordeaux

Sub-region

St Emilion

Colour

Red

Taste

Dry

Alcohol %

Product Type

Still wine

Product Subtype

Drinking Window