2000 Chateau Lafon Rochet

Long days in the vineyard means that no one wants to cook. Leftovers are key to getting dinner on the table in a timely way. On our way home after our second shift, we stopped at Wehpittituck Farm. It is so nice to have a neighborhood farmstand. We picked up a haul of green beans and that was the inspiration for our dinner.
We had in our refrigerator, smoked steaks that my husband made earlier in the week so he brought up this 2000 Chateau Lafon-Rochet from our cellar to pair with our meal. We wanted to like this 2000 Chateau Lafon-Rochet, don't get me wrong, we enjoyed the wine, but the memory of the 1991 Lopez de Heredia Viña Bosconia Cosecha was fresh on our gustatory minds. It is very wrong to compare a Bordeaux with a Rioja so in some ways it is not a fair comparison. Just saying.
Chateau Lafon-Rochet is one of the 61 wineries selected in the 1855 Paris Universal Exhibition forming part of the now famous Médoc Classification, the 1855 Grand Cru classé. This 2000 vintage was made with 57% Cabernet Sauvignon, 40% Merlot and 3% Cabernet Franc. The wine was good, it had rich flavors of blackberry fruit and depth to pair with the smoked steak.