Château Lafleur - Pomerol 2001 (750ml)
Price: $1222.00
Sale Price: $725.00
| Producer | Château Lafleur |
| Country | France |
| Region | Bordeaux |
| Subregion | Pomerol |
| Varietal | Bordeaux Blend |
| Vintage | 2001 |
| Size | 750ml |
Decanter: 98 Points
09 May 2018 98Pts
2001 was a late harvest whose reputation suffered from coming after the millennium vintage. As a result, it deserves to be re-appraised for its quality. Seventeen years on, the Lafleur 2001 is still developing greater levels of complexity and has yet to reach its peak. It has a deep colour and gorgeous aromatics of blackberry and book leather. There's a gourmand depth and freshness to this wine, but it doesn't lose its beautiful sense of balance. The tannins are round, dense and generous, and this is still youthful, with ripe cherry and damson fruits, a seam of graphite, and notes of sandalwood and pencil lead leading onto a long, dry and savoury finish. Very correct and classical, but also super suave and sexy, with everything in place for the long haul.
01 Nov 2019 98Pts
This captures the magic of Lafleur and is utterly moreish. It is so silky, with hints of truffle, tobacco and sweet blackberry fruits from the first sip, opening up to violet flowers and drawn-out finely spun tannins. It’s at a beautiful moment for drinking now, but clearly has a long life ahead of it. 2001 was a vintage that suited the Merlot grape and tasting this as a pairing with the 2002 is a brilliant way to explore the two sides of Lafleur's personality. The vintage was not released en primeur as it came along during the handover of ownership from the Robins to the Guinaudeaus, which is why there is still wine at the estate to share during the vertical.
Wine Advocate: 96 Points
"It has a brilliant bouquet rich in minerals that infused the pure blackberry and raspberry fruit. It seems to shimmer in the glass, offering hints of violet and crushed rose petals with continued aeration. The palate is full-bodied and struck through with a crisp seam of acidity that slices through the multi-layered, tobacco tinged blackberry and dark cherry fruit, before fanning out to a vivacious, almost Pauillac-like finish. This is a wonderful Lafleur destined for long-term ageing."
Vinous: 95 Points
The 2001 Lafleur is one of the few wines that must lie in the shadow of the 2000. Yet this is no slouch. It is quite pungent on the nose with red berry, black plum, mint and ferrous scents, much more youthful than you would expect from a 23-year-old Right Bank. The palate offers fresh and vivid black fruit and supple tannins. The 2001 is glossy in juxtaposition with the 1985, showing a little headiness toward the finish, but time will temper that. This is a superb showing, but it needs more bottle age. Tasted at the Pomerol dinner at Cornus restaurant in London.
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