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Wine Description
The Story
Between the estates of Pétrus and La Fleur-Pétrus, amid vineyards, stands a stone house with closed shutters. The road that winds to the house between the vine rows has no signs or indications as to the name of the place. The construction looks more like a maintenance shed for the neighbouring estates than the main building of a winery. However, this is a house that makes one of the most desirable wines in Bordeaux: Château Lafleur.
Lafleur...
Vintage 1991
The 1991 Bordeaux vintage is remembered as a severely climate-damaged campaign, forever marked by a devastating, historic frost in late April that destroyed a vast portion of the crop across the entire region.
Coming off three consecutive legendary vintages (1988, 1989, and 1990), 1991 brought Bordeaux's golden run to a sudden halt.
Climate & Growing Conditions
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The April Frost: On the night of April 20–21, temperatures plummeted...
