2009 La Fleur Petrus
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Tasting notes
Vivid plum colour, this is intense and rippled on the opening, with spiced rosemary and espresso, quickly softens to show supple tannins and grilled cumin and turmeric spice. Great quality, gourmet, soft landing.
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James Suckling
Wine Spectator
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Dense then decidedly sweet but with a refreshing finish. It vibrates on the (rather sudden) finish with only a slightly charred note. (JR)
The 2009 La Fleur-Pétrus has been rather inconsistent from bottle to bottle, occasionally stunning and other times, merely great. Here it has a sweet and quite vanillary bouquet with plenty of new oak, although it seems simpatico with the fruit. The palate is rounded and plush on the entry, velvety smooth with plenty of blackberry, raspberry and soy notes towards the finish. The acidity is well judged although I would have liked more persistence. I feel this is probably a representative bottle. Tasted blind at Farr Vintners’ 2009 Bordeaux tasting.
Brimming with blackberry and sandalwood aromas this is a very seductive 2009. On the palate this is self-confidently dry, sleeker and more linear than the nose suggests. Very firm finish for a Pomerol of this age. Drink or hold. (Horizontal Tasting, London, 2019)
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.