Pensees de Lafleur

Specification

Producer

Lafleur

Region

Bordeaux

Where

Pomerol, Bordeaux

Classification

Second wine of Château Lafleur

Grapes

Cabernet Franc, Merlot

Vintage

1996

Case

6 x 75cl OWC

Held at

Wine Tunnels, London City Bond (in bond)

Code

PENLAF966X75

About this wine

Les Pensées de Lafleur is the second wine of Château Lafleur, made from parcels and lots not selected for the grand vin. It shares the estate's distinctive Cabernet Franc and Merlot character, with perfumed fruit, freshness and fine structure, in a slightly lighter, more approachable form. Production is small, and good vintages age well for fifteen to twenty years.

About Lafleur

Château Lafleur is a small estate of a little over four hectares on the Pomerol plateau, a short distance from Pétrus. For much of the twentieth century it belonged to the Robin sisters; their relatives Jacques and Sylvie Guinaudeau began running it in 1985 and later bought it, and their children Baptiste and Julie now continue the work.

The gravel and clay soils are planted with roughly equal parts of Cabernet Franc and Merlot, an unusually high share of Cabernet Franc for Pomerol. Lafleur is made in tiny quantities and is among the rarest and most sought-after wines of Bordeaux.