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  • Country ranking ?

    523
  • Producer ranking ?

    24
  • Decanting time

    1h30min
  • When to drink

    now to 2030
  • Food Pairing

    Porcini Mushroom Risotto with Gorgonzola Cheese

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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...

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Wine Information

Bordeaux Vintage 1952 The recovery from the Second World War was slow and wine producers had many challenges ahead of themselves. Their production facilities were in poor conditions and there was no capital for investments. However, thanks to several great harvests, the period from 1945 up to 1961 has yielded some of the most heralded wines from Bordeaux ever made. 1952 was on a par to end up on the list of the greatest vintages from the perio...

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Vintage 1952

Bordeaux by Tb: The recovery after the Second World War was slow and winegrowers had many challenges to overcome. Their production facilities were in poor condition and there was no capital for investments. However, thanks to several large harvests, the period from 1945 to 1961 produced some of the most heralded Bordeaux wines ever made. 1952 is on equal footing to finish on the list of the greatest vintages of the time, among 1945, 1947, 1949...

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Tasting note

color

Medium, Brick red and Dark

ending

Medium

flavors

Toasty, Cigar-box, Leather, Truffles and Chocolate

nose

Opulent, Generous, Modest and Mature

recommend

Yes

taste

Average in Acidity, Balanced, Mature, Weak and Perfumed

Verdict

Average

Written Notes

There was one last wine on this evening, a rare 1952 Lafleur thanks to Big Boy. 1952 is the forgotten great vintage for both Right Bank Bordeaux and Burgundy, and the Lafleur was exhibit A. There was a gorgeous sex appeal to its open and mature nose. Chocolate and plum were present, as obligated. The Mogul found its chocolate qualities ‘melted.’ The palate was round, soft and smooth, tender yet lingering. It still possessed great acid and a wheaty finish. Alessandro admired the fact that it still came across ‘fresh’ (96).
  • 96p

A gorgeous wine with layers of tobacco, leather, dried plums and hint of cacao. The palate is seductively silky with an explosion of additional spicy and dried berry flavours. Wonderful lingering finish. This wine is utter perfection.

  • 100p
Lafleur 1947-2009 tasting / Lafleur 1952 Wonderful-looking magnum, level by the neck. Dark, good, healthy colour - looked like velvet. Quite tight and hard when first opened – closed and shy on the nose. After a while it became a lovely, open and giving wine. Meaty, rich and quite well balanced, but the fruit seemed weak, lacking intensity and made me seriously think that this may never be any better than it is today. While it was certainly good, it was not nearly as great as a Lafleur 1952 can be, not even in a Magnum. Perhaps this was a fake one?
  • 92p
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Origin

Pomerol, Bordeaux

Vintage Quality

Excellent

Value For Money

Good

Investment potential

Below Average

Fake factory

Serious
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