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Lafleur 2005

Château Lafleur, Bordeaux, France

Château Lafleur
Bordeaux France
  • 99
    Points
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  • 16 Pros of
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  • Moment

  • Country ranking ?

    273

  • Producer ranking ?

    16

  • Decanting time

    3h

  • When to drink

    now to 2040

  • Food Pairing

    Plum pudding pork rack

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This amazing wine puts on a display of fireworks in terms of its aromatics, with a stunning nose of blue and black fruits, forest floor, flowers and earth. Dense purple, full-bodied, rich, moderately tannic and super-concentrated, this is a profound Pomerol that still needs another decade of cellaring. This is possibly the greatest Lafleur of the modern era, rivaling the 1982 and 2000. Forget it fo...

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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

Jacques Guinaudeau leads us into the vineyard. He excitedly praises the uniqueness of the 4.5-hectare estate.

“Lafleur is a single-vineyard wine with exceptional terroir qualities. Firstly, it is located on a very gentle amphitheatrical slope to the north of Pétrus. The soil is clearly more gravelly and brown than the red clay at Pétrus. A comprehensive soil analysis in 1998 found that the estate comprises as many as five different types: t...

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Vintage 2005

Bordeaux Vintage Report 2005 is a truly fantastic vintage with great quality across the board on both the Left and Right Banks.

The 2005 vintage became the most anticipated since 2000. The early market was heated and prices skyrocketed. The cold winter delayed bud break before the warm, dunny spring broke through. Even the vegetative growth and flowering gave a perfect start to the vintage. The summer turned out to be one of the driest ever...

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Average Bottle Price

2017 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011 2010
1 328€ +11.9% 1 187€ +11.2% 1 067€ +8.9% 980€ -5.2% 1 034€ -12.1% 1 176€ +18.9% 989€

This data comes from the FINE Auction Index, a composite of average prices for wines sold at commercial auctions in 20 countries. The average prices from each year have been collected since 1990. This chart plots the index value of the average price of the wines.

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Written Notes

The 2005 Lafleur had a bright, regal nose, its red fruits jumping out at first, supported by cloves, cedar, hay and straw nuances. Cassis and purple fruits quickly joined the party. Cinnamon and cedar did as well, and that raspberry essence slowly emerged in its long, scintillating nose, and its t ‘n a came out from underneath the fruit to remind one that this was serious stuff. Hints of garden also crept in. Its palate was pure, clean and stylish, surprisingly elegant and polished on its long finish. While a touch shut down (we were told it was bottled only six months ago), the ’05 was still serious like a queen
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  • 96p

Tasted at the Pomerol Comparative Exploration tasting in London, the 2005 Lafleur is cut from the same cloth as say, the 1982 or 1998, insofar that it is evolving at a pace that makes a glacier look expedient. It continues to sport a tight, masculine and quite tertiary bouquet, that Cabernet Franc in the driving seat, deigning you with hints of black truffle after 20 minutes in the glass. The palate is beautifully defined with intense black fruit, a gigantic, arching backbone that frames this Lafleur built for long-term ageing. There is wonderful focus and persistence in situ, yet the unrelenting grip is a sign that you should really not broach this wine for another decade. Sorry folks...you'll have to be patient. 2020 - 2060

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  • 98p

A full-bodied wine with blackberry and black cherry flavors and solid tannins. With a few years of age on it, this wine is just starting to show some evolution and is drinking well now. Pair with short rib and ribeye steak.

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  • 96p
Tasted in March 2015. You simply hear angels sing! 2005 here will be worthy rival to the unforgettable 2000 vintage, with its depth, breathtaking richness and refinement. Very dark. Incredibly potent, intense and sensual nose of wild cherries, almost essence stuff on nose and palate, velvety all over, extremely powerful, iron fist structure and fantastic balance. It feels like this wine is just a pure silk from start to end. Mind-boggling wine!
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Origin

Pomerol, Bordeaux

Vintage Quality

Excellent

Value For Money

Good

Investment potential

Average

Fake factory

None

Glass time

2h
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