Château Raymond-Lafon
Château Raymond-Lafon is an unclassified Sauternes (wine), Sauternes wine producer from the Sauternes Appellation d'origine contrôlée, appellation. The estate's sweet wines are a result of the onset of "noble rot" (''Botrytis cinerea''). Raymond-Lafon is located in the southern part of France’s Bordeaux wine region in the district of Graves (wine region), Graves, immediately north of Sauternes, Gironde, Sauternes' most historically rated vineyard, Château d'Yquem, east of Château Lafaurie-Peyraguey and Château Clos Haut-Peyraguey, and south of Château Suduiraut. History The 1850 edition of ''Cocks & Féret'' mentions the Lafon cousins, one of whom was Raymond Lafon, a mayor of Sauternes, who was later registered as a vineyard owner by 1868.Coates, Clive (2004). ''The Wines of Bordeaux''. University of California Press. pp. 248-249. During the period of the Bordeaux Wine Official Classification of 1855, the vineyards extended and were located in the middle of several cla ...
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