France Bordeaux Château la Fleur-PétrusLa Fleur Petrus

2006 La Fleur Petrus

La Fleur Petrus

92Average Score

Bordeaux / France

Red

Tasted at Bordeaux Index's annual 10-Year On tasting in London. The 2006 Chateau La Fleur-Petrus has a fragrant, crushed rose petal bouquet mixed with raspberry coulis and wild strawberry scents, the oak beautifully assimilated and demonstrating fine precision. The palate is medium-bodied with supple tannin, well-judged acidity, bright blueberry and black plum notes mixed with cedar and minerals towards the finish. This is turning into a tres bon vin! Tasted January 2016. May 2016, www.robertparker.com

Neal Martin Score: 93/100

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Scores + Notes

Average Score

Neal MartinScore: 93/100

Blackberry, spice¿such as cinnamon¿and mineral aromas lead to a full body, with tobacco, chocolate and cedar character. There's lots of milk chocolate and fruit. Very pretty. Best after 2012. 3,500 cases made. James Suckling, Wine Spectator 2009

Wine SpectatorScore: 92/100

From barrel, I had much higher hopes for this wine as a potential candidate for the wine of the vintage. That said, it is still an outstanding effort, but it has nowhere near the prodigious depth and intensity that I thought. With sweet black cherry fruit intermixed with hints of truffle, kirsch, and even blacker black currants and licorice, the wine displays pure, nicely textured, medium-bodied flavors in a sensual style, but nowhere near the depth, length, and potential longevity I had expected. Anticipated maturity: 2012-2025. Wine Advocate.February, 2009

Robert ParkerScore: 90/100

About The Producer

The producer

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Product Details

Country

France

Region

Bordeaux

Sub-region

Pomerol

Colour

Red

Taste

Dry

Alcohol %

12.5%

Product Type

Still wine

Product Subtype

Drinking Window