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2017 Pensées de Lafleur, Pomerol
Château Lafleur, Bordeaux Wine Region, France
Drinking 2023-2033
PRICE TYPE: In Bond
Customer Listing
Bottle 75cl
Case of 6 x 75cl £741.00
Reviews & Scores
An impressively tight and solid wine from Lafleur with dark-berry, chocolate and spice character as well as some white-pepper and salty undertones. Full-bodied, very tight and focused. A really pretty young 2017.
94-95 Points, James Suckling
For the first time, with respect to the 2017 Les Pensées de Lafleur, 100% of the Cabernet Franc comes from the massaleselection. It has a very well defined bouquet with red berry fruit, pressed rose petal and crushed stone aromas. The palate is medium-bodied with supple tannin, quite a firm backbone with a subtle marine/iodine influence. It is very harmonious in style, becoming more linear and strict towards the saline finish. It is a little standoffish, so don’t be afraid to give this four or five years in the cellar.
91-93 Points, Neal Martin
Pensées de Lafleur is not a second wine, as it comes from a single,...
rather oddly shaped, 0.69-hectare block of clay in the middle of the Lafleur vineyard. Composed of 52% Merlot and 48% Cabernet Franc, the 2017 Pensées de Lafleur is medium to deep garnet-purple in color and comes bounding out of the glass with gorgeous crushed black and red cherries notes, yeast extract, lilacs and rose hips with touches of cinnamon stick and tilled soil. The palate is medium-bodied, elegant, very fine and very fresh with a long, mineral-laced finish.
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90-92 Points, Lisa Perrotti-Brown MW, Wine Advocate
The 2017 Pensées de Lafleur is a very serious wine. Deceptively medium in body, the 2017 packs quite a punch, with tons of depth to the dark cherry, plum, rose petal and lavender flavors. There is so much character and personality here.
89-92 Points, Antonio Galloni
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