Château Lafleur Gazin

Château Lafleur Gazin, Pomerol, 2020

Name: Château Lafleur Gazin, Pomerol
Brand: Château Lafleur Gazin
Price: 203.92 GBP

92/100

Robert Parker Wine Advocate

92/100

The Wine Independent

87/100

Vinous

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2020
75cl
DP
£33.98
2020
6x75cl
DP
£203.92

Justerini & Brooks Tasting note

This Jean-Pierre Moueix estate is well situated between Gazin and the original plot of La Fleur Pétrus. The 8.5 hectare vineyard is planted on clay, silt and gravel soils. It used to be a somewhat rustic style; however, Edouard and Christian have made numerous improvements and this has developed into a stylish, good value Pomerol. The vineyard, with its more humid, cooler environment is well suited to dry, warm vintages like 2020. Following on from the wonderful 2019, 2020 is another stellar performance. For the money, we doubt you'll find much better in this luxurious commune. Produced from 100% Merlot (it’s the only grape planted in their vineyards) this offers a glorious bouquet of decadent floral plums and fine minerals. There’s a wonderful silkiness to the fruit: pure, lacey and intense. Although the palate is dense and concentrated, it is fresh, bright and uplifting with ripe, sophisticated tannins.

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Wines not bought directly from the vineyard are either sourced from trusted suppliers, with whom we share the same philosophy and rigour in buying, or from our own network of Cellarers customers. These customers’ wines are stored in optimal conditions in Octavian Corsham and, in the vast majority of cases, have been stored by us since the wine was first shipped. We do not purchase wine from auctions.

We feel it is equally important to for our customers that the case they buy and leave in storage with us is exactly the same case they subsequently have delivered. This may sound obvious and straightforward, yet we are one of very few merchants to have taken measures to ensure this.

We have created a system where every case is independent, thereby ensuring a trail of ownership and peace of mind for every customer.

The Journey

Justerinis ensures that every case of wine stored with Cellarers (Wines) Ltd has a unique identifier and customer’s name, almost unheard of in the industry as it is expensive to administer. These details are printed and placed on every case which is logged and recorded under your account name and kept in the world’s most renowned storage facility, Octavian Corsham.

This information is sent from our systems to the warehouse every day to ensure the trail of ownership is verified and upheld.

While customer reserves are stored in Corsham, our physical stocks are kept in Hoddesdon, further providing a geographical separation between customers’ wines with Cellarers and Justerinis’ own stock.

Further Reassurance

Cellarers (Wines) Ltd is a legally separate limited company from Justerini & Brooks which currently holds approximately £450 million worth of customer reserves. It is fully insured to catastrophic loss. Many merchants will state that wine in their care is fully insured, but in reality this is on an individual case basis with insufficient cover for total loss as this is prohibitively expensive. The cover provided by Octavian and Justerini & Brooks is unmatched.

Cellarers (Wines) Ltd is audited by PwC every year.

Critic Reviews

92/100

William Kelley,

Robert Parker Wine Advocate

The 2020 Lafleur-Gazin is the first year produced under the ownership of J-P Mouiex, and a stricter selection of parcels was made in this vintage than hitherto. Unwinding in the glass with aromas of sweet cherries and berries mingled with notions of licorice, violets and new oak, it's medium to full-bodied, fleshy and concentrated, with sweet, powdery tannins that frame its generous core of fruit.

drinking window 2023 - 2040

date of review 04/2023

92/100

Lisa Perrotti-Brown,

The Wine Independent

Lafleur-Gazin 2020 is 100% Merlot and has a deep garnet-purple color. It tumbles out with exuberant notes of stewed black and red cherries, forest floor, and spice cake, plus suggestions of dried lavender and clove oil. Full-bodied, the palate is chock-full of ripe, rich black fruits, supported by soft tannins and just enough freshness, finishing long and spicy.

drinking window 2024 - 2040

date of review 03/2023

87/100

Neal Martin,

Vinous

The 2020 Lafleur-Gazin has not really ameliorated on the nose with a slightly disjointed aromatic profile, stemmy black fruit, touches of pencil box, fresh but missing some bandwidth. The palate is slightly better with strict, quite rigid tannins, minty, yet doesn't really "kick on" towards its conservative finish.

drinking window 2025 - 2037

date of review 02/2023

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Specifications

Country:

France

Region:

Bordeaux

Appellation:

Pomerol

Producer:

Château Lafleur Gazin

style:

Red Wine

Grape Variety:

Merlot Cabernet Franc

abv:

13%

allergen information

This product may contain sulphites. Full allergen information is available upon request, please call our Customer Relations Team on +44 (0)20 7484 6430.