2018 Chateau Lafleur, Pomerol 3x75cl
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CRITIC REVIEWS
Neal Martin
The 2018 Lafleur is a great Pomerol, though it would take the bronze medal in a three-way race against the 2019 and 2020. Like many Bordeaux wines from this hot solar vintage, it has a powerful nose with precocious black fruit, black truffle and clove, veins of blueberry emerging with aeration, though it does not offer the aromatic precision of the Lafleurs on either side of it. The palate is noticeably sweet on the entry with more blue fruit notes than the 2019, commingling with tar and graphite from the Cabernet Franc. Grippy and assertive, this is a burly Lafleur at present. Though there is lovely juiciness on the finish, the 2019 and the 2020 unequivocally have more style. Tasted from ex-chateau magnum at Kate & Kon's 40-Year vertical in Austria.
Lisa Perrotti-Brown
The 2018 Lafleur is a blend of 54% Cabernet Franc and 46% Merlot. Medium to deep garnet-purple colored, the nose absolutely shuts down upon first pour. After a lot of air, it slowly unfurls to reveal alluring scents of fresh black cherries, ripe blackberries and redcurrant jelly, leading to suggestions of sandalwood, pencil shavings, lilacs and forest floor, with emerging, heady wafts of camphor, iron ore and Indian spices. The rich, full-bodied palate is equally slow to read, offering whispers and murmurs of earth and exotic spice-laced black fruits with glimpses at a fleeting floral undercurrent, framed by firm, finely grained tannins and beautifully knit freshness, finishing with an edifying perfume. This is liquid poetry, but I would touch it for 7-8 years, at least. Should you be around in 40 years' time, expect it to blow your mind.
JancisRobinson.com
Tasted blind. Spicy and sweet and exotic. Difficult to spit. Real energy here. Long and with great layers and excitement. Hint of tarriness.
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