2016 Château La Fleur-Pétrus
Community Tasting Note
Cristal2000 Likes this wine:
97 Points
Wednesday, May 25, 2022 - Painfully young, but an amazing vintage. Soars from the glass with beautiful floral notes, dark cherries, black olives and hints of chocolate. Well integrated and powerful tannins hem in laser focused fruit with exceptional layering and serious grainy savory character. Super firm and chiseled, this is powerfully structured and built to last, but ripe enough to bring some pleasure now. Finish is 30-45 seconds of enjoyment. Fantastic effort.
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Comment posted by LiteItOnFire:
5/26/2022 6:26:00 AM - Welcome to the dark side :)
Thanks for posting the early check in. CM has a really nice lineup, this being one of them.
Comment posted by Cristal2000:
5/26/2022 8:47:00 PM - I like that so far, the Pomerol's I've tasted don't have the barnyard, brett-like funk that many left banks seem to have. To be fair, I haven't had a ton of BDX, and I hear the wineries have cleaned up their act, but I always found that off putting and was happy to see it missing in this wine.
Comment posted by LiteItOnFire:
5/26/2022 8:52:00 PM - I don’t do barnyard, that’s shitty cleanliness. No excuses. None of the wines I buy or Drink have any.
FWIW (kid told me what that means) if you have any interest I would be happy to recco some you would really enjoy. 2015 of this wine you would have enjoyed even more although ‘16 doesn’t suck.
Comment posted by Cristal2000:
5/26/2022 9:32:00 PM - Sure, happy to take some recommendations. Thanks!
Comment posted by Cristal2000:
5/27/2022 5:05:00 PM - Lite: I was perusing your wine and good lord, are you building a cellar to hand down to generation after generation? Those are some serious numbers!
Comment posted by LiteItOnFire:
5/28/2022 8:22:00 AM - Cristal- not allowed to kick anyone when admittedly have a problem. Its a strategy to bankrupt my family and prevent my kids from going to school however since government will give free education my backup plan has been created for me…
Comment posted by Cristal2000:
5/28/2022 8:52:00 AM - Lite: excellent rationale! I will use your logic with my wife and see how it goes...
Comment posted by LiteItOnFire:
5/28/2022 9:06:00 AM - You are very welcome my friend. If you require any other sage advice- I am your man.
Comment posted by Cristal2000:
5/28/2022 12:01:00 PM - I’ve acquired 16, 18 and 19 of VCC. Sure hope I like it!
Comment posted by LiteItOnFire:
5/28/2022 12:32:00 PM - Try and grab the ‘10 if you come across it. It’s a wow wine for me anyways.
Comment posted by LiteItOnFire:
5/28/2022 12:32:00 PM - Also loved the 2020
Comment posted by Cristal2000:
5/28/2022 12:57:00 PM - Dipping my toe into this world. I figure if I don't really enjoy these wines, then it probably isn't my thing. So we shall see, but give CT comments and professional reviews, this seems to be the sweet spot.
Comment posted by LiteItOnFire:
5/29/2022 10:12:00 AM - VCC is excellent no doubt about it. Look forward to your thoughts however unlike Napa, Bordeaux does drink well out of the gates but does shutdown (structure becomes overt almost blocking if you will). Super strange and while Napa has a version of it, I have never experienced anything like it elsewhere.
Comment posted by Cristal2000:
5/29/2022 9:26:00 PM - Yep, I opened the 16 tonight and it was pretty shut down. The quality was obvious, but it wasn't giving up much.
Comment posted by LiteItOnFire:
5/29/2022 9:35:00 PM - That sucks. Ugh. Yeah you probably missed the window. Try tracking down the ‘10 or perhaps some ‘18/‘19 other wines?
Comment posted by Cristal2000:
5/29/2022 9:41:00 PM - I've got those vintages coming so I may pop the cork sooner rather than later.
Comment posted by LiteItOnFire:
5/29/2022 10:12:00 PM - ‘18 VCC May already be shutdown - Bordeaux is crazy. Adds to the fun/headache :)
Comment posted by Cristal2000:
5/30/2022 7:20:00 AM - Ugh...I have had that with Napa wines here and there, but not super often. The last one I can remember was actually a 2015 Fairchild Stones 1 (LPV) that was just nails, and the 15 VV LPV I opened alongside was the same way. Obviously same vineyard and wine consultant, so it was interesting. Sucks to waste a bottle but oh well.