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The exotic, nearly over the top 2003 exhibits a southern Rhone-like characteristic of kirsch liqueur intermixed with raspberries and flowers. Sweet fruit, high levels of glycerin (the alcohol is less than 13.5%), and high but silky tannins have resulted in a broad, expansive, terrific example of Lafleur that should be at its finest between 2008-2025. Along with Petrus, this stunning,...

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Deep, youthful colour - elegant cedary, black fruit nose. Lovely racy texture in the mouth with lifted bramble fruits and grainy tannic structure. Cabernet Franc element gives lively red and black coulis fruit melée overlaid with the mineral and cedary terroir notes. Beautiful texture and pedigree - 2001 is a very underated and highly expressive vintage

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Subtle cassis notes alongside floral perfumes point to an elegant Lafite with more finesse than power. The textures are very silky, with the tannins beautifully handled. Purity and classicism on the palate but certainly not exuberance, as today this is rather introverted. The wine flows easily in a rather lithe manner with excellent persistence on the finish. Not the usual...

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TASTING NOTES

"A wine of extraordinary aromatic complexity and finesse, this sweet effort possesses a dark ruby color with a pink rim. Once past the gloriously complex aromatics (blueberries, black currants, minerals, and underbrush), the wine reveals terrific fruit intensity, excellent harmony, medium body, sweet tannin, and a long finish". Robert Parker