2015 Pensees de Lafleur
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Vibrant, smoky, toasted coffee beans and plump raspberry and black cherry fruits, truffle and liquorice, on the edge of fleshy in this hot year, but pulling back enough to maintain a direct line through the mid palate. 30% new oak. As ever, this takes the idea of a 2nd wine to a whole new level. Guinaudeau family owners.
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James Suckling
Tim Atkin MW
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The 2015 Pensées de Lafleur has a clean and precise, mineral-driven bouquet that is razor-sharp. It feels tightly wound but the focus is certainly here. The palate is medium-bodied with fine-grained tannin, plenty of cedar and tobacco-tinged black fruit with a truffle and smoke infused finish that feels very long. Excellent. Tasted blind at the Southwold 2015 Bordeaux tasting.
Tasted blind. Rather dull, light crimson. Intensely ripe nose. Sweet and ripe. Very rich but not sickly. Nicely balanced. (JR)
The second wine of Lafleur is the 2015 Lafleur Pensées de Lafleur and it’s not far off its big brother, certainly showing hints of that wine’s elegance and Style. Possessing a Chambolle-Musigny like feel in its red fruits, flowers, spice, and forest floor aromas and flavors, this beauty hits the palate with medium to full-bodied richness, a polished, seamless texture, and ultra-fine tannins. It’s a brilliant wine in its own right and will keep for two decades or more.
About the producer
The Société Civile du Ch. Lafleur is the collective name for the Guinaudeau family’s wines and estates. These are some of the Right Bank’s most famous wines, including Ch. Lafleur and Les Pensées in Pomerol, along with Les Perrières, Les Champs Libres and Ch. Grand Village in Fronsac.