2024 Les Perrières
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The 2024 Les Perrières is a little shy at first, but unfurls in the glass beautifully – opening up to reveal peony floral notes, vivid purple fruit and crushed chalk. The palate is sleek and linear, with superfine tannins and bright acidity, the crunchy fruit shifting from darker berries to redcurrant. The flinty minerality lingers on the long finish. A wine that speaks of its limestone terroir more than ever – sitting just on the right side of severe. Blend: 80% Bouchet (Cabernet Franc), 20% Merlot
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Yohan Castaing, Wine Advocate
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Deep garnet-purple colored. Races out of the glass with energetic scents of red currant jelly, Bing cherries, and red roses, leading to hints of pencil shavings and charcoal. The medium-bodied palate delivers a rock-solid backbone of super-fine-grained tannins and bold freshness supporting the red berry and floral layers, finishing very long and minerally. Gorgeous!
More Cabernet Franc dominated, the 2024 Les Perrieres De Lafleur is 80% Cabernet Franc (or Bouchets, a specific massal selection) and 20% Merlot that's resting all in barrel. Coming from more limestone soils, it has beautiful red currants, chalky minerality, and white flowers on the nose. This carries to a medium-bodied 2024 that has medium-bodied richness, a juicy yet still tight, focused mouthfeel, integrated acidity, and outstanding length.
A blend of 80% Cabernet Franc (or "Bouchets," in the language of the Guinaudeau family) and 20% Merlot, the 2024 Les Perrières de Lafleur is a refined and pure wine that stands out despite the challenges of the vintage. It opens with a bouquet redolent of violet, cassis, fresh licorice and menthol. Medium to full-bodied, seamless and layered, the palate is chiseled and precise, supported by powdery tannins and lively acids and concluding with an ethereal, lingering finish.
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.