Les Perrières

Les Perrières, 2018

Name: Les Perrières
Brand: Les Perrières
Price: 367.22 GBP

94/100

The Wine Independent

91/100

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2018
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£367.22
2018
3x1.5L
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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.

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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.

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Critic Reviews

94/100

Lisa Perrotti-Brown,

The Wine Independent

Les Perrieres de Lafleur 2018 is deep garnet purple in color. It offers vanilla, chocolate, and cedar, over a core of plum preserves and Morello cherries, with a hint of cinnamon. Medium to full-bodied, the palate is taut and muscular, with elegant fruit layers and a mineral-tinged finish.

drinking window 2023 - 2042

date of review 02/2023

91/100

Neal Martin,

Vinous

The 2018 Les Perrières comes from the Guinaudeau family of Château Lafleur fame. The first nine vintages were named "Acte" but the 2018 was seen as a new chapter and renamed accordingly. Fifty percent comes from a massal selection of Bouchet (Cabernet Franc) vines from Lafleur, located on the southwest crest of the Fronsac plateau near the hamlet of Meyney, and the other half is Merlot. I concur with assistant winemaker Omri Ram that this has more semblance to the Grand Vin of Lafleur than the Les Pensées. After an hour’s decanting, one finds brambly black fruit, crushed, powdery rock/basalt, pressed iris flowers and faint tobacco note. The palate is medium-bodied with fine-grained tannins. Classic in style, this is not a blockbuster Les Perrières, despite the 15% alcohol. It is quite streamlined and poised on the finish, with a persistent peppery aftertaste thanks to the contribution of the Bouchet. This should drink well after a couple of years but really deserves longer in bottle.

drinking window 2023 - 2036

date of review 03/2021

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