2001 Chateau Lafleur, Pomerol 6x75cl
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Neal Martin
The 2001 Lafleur is one of the few wines that must lie in the shadow of the 2000. Yet this is no slouch. It is quite pungent on the nose with red berry, black plum, mint and ferrous scents, much more youthful than you would expect from a 23-year-old Right Bank. The palate offers fresh and vivid black fruit and supple tannins. The 2001 is glossy in juxtaposition with the 1985, showing a little headiness toward the finish, but time will temper that. This is a superb showing, but it needs more bottle age. Tasted at the Pomerol dinner at Cornus restaurant in London.
Neal Martin
Tasted from an ex-chateau bottle at the Lafleur vertical dinner at Attersee in Austria, the 2001 is destined to be over-shadowed by the imperious millennial Lafleur. But do not ignore this fabulous Pomerol. It has a brilliant bouquet rich in minerals that infused the pure blackberry and raspberry fruit. It seems to shimmer in the glass, offering hints of violet and crushed rose petals with continued aeration. The palate is full-bodied and struck through with a crisp seam of acidity that slices through the multi-layered, tobacco tinged blackberry and dark cherry fruit, before fanning out to a vivacious, almost Pauillac-like finish. This is a wonderful Lafleur destined for long-term ageing. Tasted June 2012.
JancisRobinson.com
Deep rich ruby. Heady, liqueur-like. A little fragile and transparent. Great delicacy and savour - so different from the right bank mainstream! - but this needs understanding of the philosophy... Long. Not a ridiculous price for the quality. So persistent and solid without being hot.
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