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  • Country ranking ?

    1 133
  • Producer ranking ?

    47
  • Decanting time

    2h
  • When to drink

    from 2018
  • Food Pairing

    Spanish Lamb with Rosemary

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The Story

Les Pensees de Lafleur is the second wine of the highly rated Chateau Lafleur; a Bordeaux winery based in the Pomerol appellation, on the Right Bank of Bordeaux, France. Located in the Gironde department, it is an unclassified wine (like all wines from this region) yet is a highly rated luxury wine, amongst the world’s elite. Year after year, Chateau Lafleur produces top wines always commanding high prices at auctions and sales.

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Vintage 2015

Full report of Bordeaux 2015 by Andrew Caillard MW “Next in line in a great series of vintages; 2000, 2005, 2009, 2010 and 2015.

 

2015 is a wonderful Bordeaux vintage without the hype or hysteria associated with 2009 and 2010. The wines are generally expressive and generous with wonderful concentration and structure. Given another year in barrel, the wines should gain more complexity and fruit volume. Châteaux, in all sub-regions, are e...

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Written Notes

Tasted in May 2019. Aromatic blueberries/black cherries, creamy and velvety, strong backbone, very complex and with long finish. Splendid effort.

  • 92p
Medium deep colour. Gentle wine with red cherry mulberry aniseed aromas. Palate is supple with ripe red and black fruits, fine looseknit slinky tannins. Good flavour length. 93 points
  • 93p
Not a second wine as such, but from a separate part of the vineyard that is an old riverbed and has deeper clay. Ruby. Fresh, elegant nose, some floral notes, scented, nuanced, dark and red fruits nose. Fresh acidity, ripe tannins, elegant, fresh and lively, detailed, long. 92-94
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Les Pensees de Lafleur Pomerol - 54% Merlot 46% Cabernet Franc Fresh fruit salad, charming, big mouthfeel, here, proportioned, lovely balanced wine, impressive spice on the finish. Delicious. 91-93/100 2022- 2030.
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Origin

Pomerol, Bordeaux

Vintage Quality

Extraordinary

Value For Money

Very good

Investment potential

No Potential

Fake factory

None
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