Chateau Lafleur 2020

Name: Chateau Lafleur
Brand: Lafleur
SKU: 64593H
Price: 1649 EUR
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: Cabernet Franc, Merlot

: rot, trocken; 15,0% Vol.; Trinkreife: 2035–2080; Verpackt in: 3er OHK

: pikant & würzig; saftig; seidig & aromatisch

: Lobenberg: 100/100; Parker: 99/100; Suckling: 100/100; Yves Beck: 100/100; Galloni: 98+/100; Jeb Dunnuck: 98+/100; Decanter: 98/100; Jane Anson: 98/100; Neal Martin: 98/100

: Frankreich, Bordeaux, Pomerol

: Allergene: Sulfite

Parker über: Chateau Lafleur

One of the wines of the vintage, but likely to prove slower evolving and more introverted than its 2019 counterpart, the 2020 Lafleur unwinds in the glass with aromas of cherries, raspberries, kirsch, black truffle, orange zest and vine smoke. Full-bodied, layered and multidimensional, it's deep and concentrated, with a tightly wound core of fruit framed by rich, powdery tannins, concluding with a long, saline finish. This is another magical bottle from an estate that just seems to do everything right. 99/100

Suckling über: Chateau Lafleur

This red shows such beautiful and ripe aromas of blackberries, orange peel, hazelnuts, and tropical fruits. It's full-bodied, with superb texture of polished tannins that are velvety. The length last for minutes. It's muscular yet elegant. It flexes it muscle yet pulls them back. What gorgeous tone to this young red. Try in 2020. 100/100

Yves Beck über: Chateau Lafleur

Der Auftritt auf Zehenspitzen ist eine Metapher, die ich von Zeit zu Zeit verwende ... hier innoviere ich mit dem Auftritt aus der Luft mit dem offensichtlichen Wunsch, ein Profil zu offenbaren, das nicht den Ort, sondern eher die Natur des Weines hervorheben will ... Natürlich kommt der Ort früher oder später zur Geltung, aber um zu wissen, wo man ist, ist es dennoch sinnvoll zu wissen, wer man ist! Das Bouquet ist von seltener Perfektion, wenn auch im Standby-Modus, während der Auftakt einladend ist. Die Kraft und die Energie sind da, ideal von außergewöhnlich feinen Tanninen unterstützt. Die Tatsache, dass es sich hier um ein außerirdisches Weingut handelt, halte ich aufrecht, aber die zur Erde ausgestreckte Hand ist so einladend, dass uns die Verbindung erlaubt, das Universum des Weins zu genießen. Vielen Dank an die Familie Guinaudeau, dass wir die Schwerelosigkeit entdecken können, während wir mit den Füßen auf der Erde von Pomerol stehen bleiben.

Galloni über: Chateau Lafleur

The 2020 Lafleur takes all the elements of this site and dials them up. All of the natural richness and textural intensity of the year comes through in a decidedly flamboyant, opulent Lafleur. It's an immediate Lafleur, that much is obvious. I imagine the classic Lafleur bouquet will develop in bottle, as aeration starts to release some of the classic Bouchet (Cabernet Franc) notes that are such signatures. Today, the sumptuousness of Merlot really drives the wines' balance, with the Bouchet felt mostly in the structural profile. I can't wait to see how this ages. 98+/100

Jeb Dunnuck über: Chateau Lafleur

Looking at the flagship 2020 Château Lafleur, it’s based on 54% Merlot and 46% Bouchets (Cabernet Franc) that spent 15 months in just 25% new French oak. This brilliant Pomerol reveals a saturated ruby/purple hue as well as a dense, primordial bouquet of red and black fruits, tobacco leaf, iodine, flowers, and crushed stone-like minerality. A powerful, full-bodied, concentrated Lafleur built for the long haul, it has beautiful overall balance, lots of ripe tannins, and the vintage's focused, pure, structured style front and center. It needs to be forgotten for a solid decade and will evolve for 40 years or more. 98+/100

Decanter über: Chateau Lafleur

I was, to be honest, a little unsure of how the gravels here would react to the dry summer but the first hit of graphite and smoky berry fruit makes it clear Lafleur has taken the vintage in its stride. This is an excellent wine, barely showing its potential right now - it's a big year, with knitted-down tannins, serious and powerful, not austere so much as layered, complex and full of hidden energy. The floral aromatics curl up after 10 minutes in the glass, as does bitter chocolate and crushed mint. 98/100

Jane Anson über: Chateau Lafleur

The 2020 vintage was less of a shock perhaps for Lafleur than many other estates - they travel less than many estates, and already spend much of their time in the vines. Stunning texture, knitted down but rippling with silk and velvet, opening up to show violet, cherry, mandarin, cocoa bean, black truffle, mint, stretches out langoriously, with pulses of electricity and points of energy, tension and sinewy tannins. Showcases an oyster shell salinity that don't usually associate with a solar vintage. They do such a great job here of illuminating individual flavours, of bringing definition to the overall palate, and this is a superb Lafleur. Hard to fault. Winemaker Baptiste Guineaudeau. 98/100

Neal Martin über: Chateau Lafleur

The 2020 Lafleur is raised in 30% new oak, the rest, for the first time, used at Grand Village for 8 months to reduce the oak influence and season the barrel. (In fact, Jacques Guinaudeau did this in the past). It was bottled in April 2022 after two months settling in large stainless-steel. It has a showstopping nose with stunning delineation and terroir expression. There is a strong mineralité that floods through on the nose, something almost…igneous about the aromas, struck flint and that basalt element that I observed out of barrel. It's a very striking, uncompromising bouquet that expands with aeration. The palate is medium-bodied with fine yet sturdy tannins, intense black fruit intermixed with dark chocolate that ebbs with aeration, revealing more floral aromas after 20 minutes. There is a sense of symmetry on the finish and an extraordinary long aftertaste, while all the time, retaining freshness (...). Just wonderful.,,,

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Chateau Lafleur

Das legendäre Chateau Lafleur besitzt nur 4,5 Hektar Rebflächen, diese allerdings auf tiefem Kiesgrund, der mit Eisen und Sand durchzogen ist. Der Rebbestand ist sehr alt, weil Lafleur beim Frost von 1956 verschont blieb und nicht komplett neu bepflanzt werden musste.

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