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Very gravelly on the nose with aromas of pencil shavings and graphite the 2025 Lafleur is a blend of 51% Bouchet, and 49% Merlot. There is huge aromatic definition here with aromas of violets, iodine, juniper, and wild herbs. While there is breadth and power here what is really striking is the quality of the tannins on the finish. This wine really builds to something quite impressive and complete. Dazzling intensity, there are waves of savoury, botanic spice on the finish.
The 2025 Lafleur was picked early, from August 26 to 28 and from September 10 to 12 for the Cabernet Franc. Of course, this is the first year when the wine is classified as Vin de France after water was added to the soil, contravening Pomerol's AC rules. Discussing at length with Baptiste Guinaudeau, whilst I can see that it would essentially resuscitate the parched vine, the amounts are too little to affect the wine when considering the actual rainfall figures. For sure, it has a bashful bouquet at first and demands time to really open in the glass, 10 to 15 minutes. Only then does it reveal enticing scents of blackcurrant, bilberry, crushed stone and iris flower, all beautifully defined and very succinct—quintessential Lafleur. The palate is medium-bodied and framed by chiselled tannins that lend this Pomerol beguiling symmetry. What really marks this Lafleur is its tremendous persistence on the finish. It just goes on and on. This is a great Lafleur, irrespective of what it took to get there.
Maturity Mature 2005 - 2018
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Maturity Ready 2021 - 2032
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