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2005 Château Lafleur, Pomerol, Bordeaux

  • Red
  • Dry
  • Full Bodied
  • Merlot
For laying down
Robert Parker
100/100
Product: 20058123998
2005 Château Lafleur, Pomerol, Bordeaux
Colour Red
Sweetness Dry
Vintage 2005
Alcohol % 13.5
Maturity For laying down
Grape List Merlot
Body Full Bodied
Producer Château Lafleur

Critics reviews

Robert Parker 100/100
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 for another 5-10 years and drink it over the following quarter-century.Robert M. Parker, Jr. - 29/06/2015
Drink 2020 - 2040
Robert Parker, RobertParker.com (Jun 2015)

About this wine

Merlot

The most widely planted grape in Bordeaux and a grape that has been on a relentless expansion drive throughout the world in the last decade. Merlot is adaptable to most soils and is relatively simple to cultivate. It is a vigorous naturally high yielding grape that requires savage pruning - over-cropped Merlot-based wines are dilute and bland. It is also vital to pick at optimum ripeness as Merlot can quickly lose its varietal characteristics if harvested overripe.
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Chateau Lafleur

Château Lafleur is A tiny 4.5-hectare Pomerol property located opposite Pétrus and producing wines of comparable quality. Lafleur is owned and run by Sylvie and Jacques Guinadeau. Its vineyards are situated on the gravel-rich Pomerol plateau and adjoin those of La Fleur-Pétrus. The soils here are particularly deep and are enriched by deposits of potassium and iron. Only natural fertilisers are used and yields are painfully low, even by Pomerol standards.
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