Château Lafleur - Pomerol 1996 (750ml)
Price: $1000.00
| Producer | Château Lafleur |
| Country | France |
| Region | Bordeaux |
| Subregion | Pomerol |
| Varietal | Bordeaux Blend |
| Vintage | 1996 |
| Sku | 1005833 |
| Size | 750ml |
Wine Advocate: 90 Points
As I suspected the 1996 Lafleur is a painfully backward austere wine that represents a modern day clone of this estate's 1966. It possesses a backward tannic Medoc-like character with none of Pomerol's hallmark generosity. The wine exhibits a saturated dark purple color as well as a distinctive mineral black raspberry and berry-scented nose with the steely mineral Lafleur character well-displayed. Powerful long and rich but excruciatingly tannic this wine may or may not resolve all of its tannin. In short it is an impressively constituted wine that is no sure thing. Anticipated maturity: 2012-2025.
Vinous: 90 Points
The 1996 Lafleur is not a vintage that I have seen much although the bottom line is that in this tricky Right Bank season it is better than the disappointing Petrus. Raspberry black truffle and leather on the rather lean nose the palate stocky and burly if missing the refinement and precision of a great vintage. There is a sense of attractiveness to this Lafleur but it does lack that crucial ingredient ? charm.
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