Château Lafleur, Pomerol, 2008

Name: Château Lafleur, Pomerol
Brand: Château Lafleur
Price: 717.85 GBP

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justerini & brooks tasting note

46% Merlot, 54% Cabernet Franc. Sexy bouquet of ripe black fruits and kirsch liqueur. Silky smooth texture. Wonderful fresh black fruit and griotte cherry attack. Really impressive structure, tense, focused Pomerol for the real purist. Certainly one of the finest, best constructed, most complex wines of the vintage.

critic reviews

96/100Neal Martin,Vinous

The 2008 Lafleur is the surprise of the evening, and on this occasion, it had the audacity to outflank the 2009. Vivid blackberry, clove and crushed stone spring from the glass, bright and almost effervescent compared to the 2009. The palate has exquisite balance and poise, concentrated and structured yet more linear on the finish than the 2010. It gains persistency with aeration. Tasted from ex-château magnum at Kate & Kon's 40-Year vertical in Austria.

DRINKING WINDOW 2029 - 2060

date of review 09/2025

96/100Neal Martin,Robert Parker Wine Advocate

Tasted with Baptiste Guinaudeau, the 2008 Lafleur is a wine for which I have a lot of time, and as it approaches a decade old, it is beginning to loosen up a little. There is plenty of fruit on the nosemore than I have encountered on previous bottles, with a mixture of red and black fruitand a hint of bell pepper and sage. The main difference is that those previously rigid tannin have loosened their collar in recent months; therefore, this Lafleur is now entertaining the notion of drinkability. There remains a linearity to this Lafleurand there is still that backboneyet it seems to flow nicely across the mouth, and there is superb mineralite on the finish. It's probably destined to be overshadowed by the succeeding two vintages, but I suggest you do not overlook the 2008 Lafleur.

DRINKING WINDOW 2020 - 2050

date of review 06/2017