2009 La Fleur Petrus
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Tasting Notes
Blackberries, violets and licorice, with hints of lavender. Full body, with phenomenal texture of ultra-fine tannins and subtle and intriguing fruit character. Goes on for minutes. Try in 2020. James Suckling, jamessuckling.com
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James Suckling
Wine Spectator
More reviews and scores
Licorice, blackberry, coffee bean and blueberry aromas. this gets more complex with every sniff. And what a palate. It¿s so polished, soft and cuddly. Like curling up in a big cashmere blanket. Full-bodied, yet balanced and fresh. Lots of tannins. But all in harmony. Hidden giant here. James Suckling, Wine Spectator 2010
Tasted at JP Moueix. Like Latour-à-Pomerol, this has a ripe, exuberant, extrovert bouquet with lively red-berried fruit, touches of dried apricot, Seville orange and even a subtle note of marmalade. The palate has a supple entry, just a little disjointed at the moment, coalescing more towards the linear finish, a citric thread running through the sweet red fruit, focused on the coca-tinged finish. Tasted April 2010.
ady and richly satiny textured. Meaty and minerals. Lovely. Dry finish. But so gorgeous on the palate. Lovely stuff at this stage. So fresh after sumptuous black fruit. Relatively open. Jancis Robinson, jancisrobinson.com
About the producer
Château La Fleur-Pétrus was the first acquisition of many in Pomerol by Jean Pierre Moueix, who went on to own Château Trotanoy, Château Hosanna and most notably Pétrus. Jean Pierre Moueix was born in Corèzze in moved to Saint-Émilion with his parent in 1929 following the Great Depression.