A wine that leaves me intrigued and skeptical. It seems too young on the nose, but slightly evolved on the palate. This bottle came from the cellar of a 3 michelin stars restaurant, where it has been stored since delivery in 2000, so I guess it is truly pristine provenance and storage. We made sure the bottle was opened 6 hours before dinner, and decanted 1h30 hour before service. Slightly austere and monolithic on the palate with vegetal hints and earthy notes. Lacks the energy and balance I would have expected. It is powerful and long, but without the structure or the acidity that could show the wine is tasted at a too early stage?
Overall a nice wine, but far from its reputation or from the depth and elegance one can find with other Pomerol from this top vintage.
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The nose is intoxicating with its wild cherry liqueur, flowers, licorice, cedar, mint, and black with red fruits. The wine is full-bodied, rich, powerful, vibrant, deep, long, and exotic, with its unique textural-experience and display of fruits. Just starting to open, the wine remains fairly-priced for a Lafleur of this quality, especially when you consider its bottle age. Drink from 2023-2050.
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Dinner with the wine group (Cindy's Place): Exceptional nose; red currant, capsicum; palate is full bodied, silky, a bit of capsicum, black fruited, classic Bordeaux character, not polished but well integrated, some mint; finish is long. 95
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Annual BYO Pre-Dinner (mostly mature Bordeauxs): The Pomerol legend from a great Right bank vintage? What could possibly go wrong? Opening the bottle far too early! This was nowhere near to be ready and it didn’t help that the wine was not decanted. 92 pts for the substance and the intellectually intriguing potential.
TN: Rather muted nose. On the palate, however, the wine is much more open, although still young, very young. Dark red berries, herbs, lots of minerality, herbs and spices, some toasty notes. You can sense that the complexity is high, the substance is impressive, the precision is too. But the wine isn‘t as round and harmonious as it could be. This will need much more time in the cellar to soften, open up, become tertiary and form a harmonious composition.
Decanting: Not decanted. This could have needed 3-4 hours in a decanter at least.
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Fine frame of aging notes of leather and dry earth with a bright and pure red berry fruit. This was not decanted and started off muted and felt even slightly closed. Unfortunately not much improvement with aeration, generally low intensity. The level of detail here is off the charts, but it is so delicate it is potentially already tipping into fragile. Not entirely sure what to make of it or what to do with any remaining bottles...
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Amazing bottle especially given the underwhelming experience 4 months ago. Ruby red, tawny rim and signs of bricking throughout the wine. Pristine bottle and cork. Nose of dark red cherries, berries, game, wet earth, and hints of truffles and spice. On the palate very elegant, starts light then gains weight mid late, and finishes with tannins resolve, good acidity and great length. Decanted and aerated for an hour and drank over another.
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Birthday Wine Dinner: Ex-chateau bottle acquired last year. Floral notes with cherries and truffle. Also had strong berry note in the nose. Rich and complex, this just got better and better with air. As good as this was, it is still a bit tight/wound up. It should be a stunner with some more age (maybe another 10 years?).
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It’s been almost 8 years since my last tasting of this wine. It was worth the wait. The boatload of flowers, truffles, cherries, red plums, kirsch liqueur and wet earth on the nose had me hooked. But it was the supple-textured, rich, full, deep pool of ripe cherries and plums on the palate that stole the show! This is a unique Pomerol that should be tasted at least once as there is nothing else like it…
Pristine bottle, cork intact. A little underwhelming yet very pleasurable almost Burgundian element to this mature Lafleur. Viscous ruby red color, nose of spice, lots of earth, sweet plums, nutmeg and blackberries. Very subtle entry on the palate, gained a bit of weight after time in the decanter, medium bodied, seems a bit past its prime. Finished long with very finely grained tannins and good acidity. Black fruits dominated by earth and spice.
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Very beautiful nose. Lovely and plush and deep on opening. Opened up after an hour or so. Faded a little, became more red fruit / burgundy like at 3-4 hour mark. No decant recommended for that reason.
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nose - gorgeous nose of cut flowers, cut grass, earth and undertones of charcoal (per the patriarch), and ash (per DC) mouth - graphite, dark fruit loaded with minerals and a touch of grass. very fleshy and seductive, even voluptuous. a touch of grapeskin/grappa flavor on the finish but no heat at all. a bit of a chameleon wine, kept changing through the night but seductive at each sip. I see the hype.
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intensely dark red young color, no signs of age, a nose of grand scale with dark berries and red cherries, oak starting to integrate but noticeable, on the palate like the 1998 Magdelaine recently tasted a primary baby built on a massive scale unlike many vintages before or since, another 1975 perhaps, totally primary and accessible fruit- cherries, plums, game, sauvage, with time racy chalk streaks emerge on the back of the palate, thrilling potential here for a wine of enormous scale that will at some point explode into greatness, my only concern is the oak- the scale of structure and fruit here will keep it in check, but it may be sufficiently strong to leave some small unharmonious mark down the road, highest potential here- but much patience required. As with a 2000 Latour recently tasted- don't think years, think decades.
I know much depends on when, were, how and with whom you drink a wine but this is a top 3 lifetime, desert island wine for me ..... Ethereal nose, exotic palate and unreal finish ...... On the night this was drunk with a few other '98 right bank titans and it really shone.
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Two hours of slow ox plus 90 mins of decanting. Sweet raspberry, smoke, cedarwood and kirsch on the nose. Palate had the silky cab franc touch but still backward and unyielding. It lacked the power and depth for a strong right bank vintage. Not very convinced about this wine.
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Stubborn and backwards, didn't budge despite a 2-hour decant, maybe with 24 hours but I plan to wait 4-5 more years before opening another one, and even then would allow time for lengthy aeration. A fascinating, herbal nose, dominated by green, brambly aromas alongside a touch of smokiness. Fresh but compact palate, with some black cherry notes hiding behind the dominant herbal flavors. I know this may sound like label bias, but the group agreed the wine was compelling and exuded class, yet may take years to reveal itself. Lesson learned, with no regrets.
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This got off to a slightly slower start compared to the '04 HB. However, it certainly shone with time in the glass as it kept evolving. Nose of smoke, cassis, plums. On the palate, this was chocolatey, leathery, cedary, balanced with the right amount of freshness. Wow! Had we had more time to evaluate & vote, this would definitely have been wine of the (2nd) flight. By the end of the dinner, most would have this as the top 3 wines of the evening, amongst the '03 Margaux and '04 HB...
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Wine drinks well, with an hour decant and drank over next 2 hrs. Our bottle had tons of sediments. Amazing aromas throughout the night. Super dark wine, plums, cassis, smoky, complex, powerful, concentration. Gosh, I wonder how it can get better with more years ahead?
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Drank with friends over dinner after a brief decant. This wine is fully mature with very little sediment. A nose of deep plum and whiff of violets leads to a beautiful, seamless tasting but nowhere near as extraordinary as the hype would lead you to believe. I doubt it improves from here with further age. If a date, this was a 30 year old ambitious corporate type who comes to dinner dressed like a cougar in mating season but completely comes up short in the physical action department.
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Still young, this deep, rich, concentrated, full bodied wine has a lot going on. With its showy, plum chocolate and earthy nose and opulent, fleshy, flashy textures coupled with the structure to age and expand for decades, give it another 3-5 years and it will be even better.
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Absolutely incredible aromatics. I could have kept smelling this all evening long, if it wasn't so amazing to drink as well. It's impossible to catalogue the array of flavours in here - layers of fruit, flamboyant spicy and herbal notes, more savoury dark chocolate, smoky and cedary aspects... but the fragrance is hypnotic, and the palate presence is extraordinary, intense power and concentration conveyed with remarkable finesse and purity. This feels incredibly youthful, not showing much development to the flavours yet and there's some fine grained tannin lingering on the back end, but it's already an amazing wine experience.
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1998 POMEROL; 2/15/2014-2/17/2014: Tasted blind: Clear intensive garnet in color. Nose of chocolate and sweet raspberries. Wonderful balance, elegant but still a bit backward. The sweetness makes this a very sexy and easy drinking wine. Very hedonistic. Drink now - 2025.
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Still great vibrance in the color. The nose is deep, fresh and broad. The palate is still fresh, but it only really shined the first 30 minutes. The depth is great. Somewhat dark profile, and came off as a bit warm. Still lovely though.
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Annual Wine evening 2013 (Restaurant L'Etranger): Wonderful wine slowly improving in the glass, catching up with the other wines and finishing equal first (for me) with the Mouton 1995. Subtle tobacco with blackberry. A bit young.
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Blind at Kagen. Double decant 3 hours before drinking, should have been more. Floral nose with berry characters and pencil shavings, somewhat restrained flavour on the palate but a long long finish - way to early to drink but still enjoyable.
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Wow. Big time nose - super complex with tobacco, chocolate, and really exotic raspberry liqueur and floral notes. Just a super nose. Harder palate, but picks up a characteristic, really nice weight with time. Best wine I've had in a while.
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Deep and powerful red fruit nose. On the palate, this is no fruit bomb. The earth and iron come through along with the extremely well-judged fruit. The wine is cool and long in the mouth. There is a touch of rusticity, but it adds character. (Served at a Commanderie de Bordeaux 1998 Pomerol horizontal and voted by members as the wine to keep of the tasting).
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Early Mar 2009, Tasting “Chateau Lafleur” at the Rheingau Gourmet Festival: decanted 2-3 hours before the tasting; dark red color; cherry, plum, red fruits, leather; smooth palate and a very, very long finish.
Had the feeling this wine could even reach a higher point level if you leave enough decanting time. Unluckily there was no second glass available to proof.
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Dark red. Wonderful scents of cranberry, fruit, oil and pudding. Smooth and round in the mouth and incredibly broad-shouldered. Tonnes of fruit here and a brilliantly structured framework that plays host to an incredibly harmonious array of elements. Lovely gentle oak touches. Ripe tannins. A super-concentrated, however light on its feet wine, that fanned out beautifully on the long, delicious finish.
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Dark red colour. Huge, expressive nose. Brilliant coffee scents coming out of the glass. Big, round and voluptuous - just like a sexy Pomerol should be. Man is this good. An exemplary harmonious wine. Over time develops vanilla pudding notes that just seem to embellish the cream-like, viril texture. Juicy and round. A bit tannic, but in a ripe and sweet fashion. But certainly not the "frightfully tannic beast" that RP describes. If he doesn't like this wine, that's fine by me. Ahh, the tannins just tinkle and dance across the tongue, and the finish goes on.
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4/1/2024 - Serge Birbrair Likes this wine:
Side by side with 1999 Lafleur it left 99 in the dust. Better fruit, better expression, truly amazing wine.
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9/25/2023 - Vinum Deorum wrote: 92 Points
A wine that leaves me intrigued and skeptical. It seems too young on the nose, but slightly evolved on the palate. This bottle came from the cellar of a 3 michelin stars restaurant, where it has been stored since delivery in 2000, so I guess it is truly pristine provenance and storage. We made sure the bottle was opened 6 hours before dinner, and decanted 1h30 hour before service. Slightly austere and monolithic on the palate with vegetal hints and earthy notes. Lacks the energy and balance I would have expected. It is powerful and long, but without the structure or the acidity that could show the wine is tasted at a too early stage?
Overall a nice wine, but far from its reputation or from the depth and elegance one can find with other Pomerol from this top vintage.
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9/1/2023 - Jeff Leve wrote: 98 Points
The nose is intoxicating with its wild cherry liqueur, flowers, licorice, cedar, mint, and black with red fruits. The wine is full-bodied, rich, powerful, vibrant, deep, long, and exotic, with its unique textural-experience and display of fruits. Just starting to open, the wine remains fairly-priced for a Lafleur of this quality, especially when you consider its bottle age. Drink from 2023-2050.
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11/21/2022 - aagrawal wrote: 95 Points
Dinner with the wine group (Cindy's Place): Exceptional nose; red currant, capsicum; palate is full bodied, silky, a bit of capsicum, black fruited, classic Bordeaux character, not polished but well integrated, some mint; finish is long. 95
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7/17/2022 - Cailles wrote: 92 Points
Annual BYO Pre-Dinner (mostly mature Bordeauxs): The Pomerol legend from a great Right bank vintage? What could possibly go wrong? Opening the bottle far too early! This was nowhere near to be ready and it didn’t help that the wine was not decanted. 92 pts for the substance and the intellectually intriguing potential.
TN: Rather muted nose. On the palate, however, the wine is much more open, although still young, very young. Dark red berries, herbs, lots of minerality, herbs and spices, some toasty notes. You can sense that the complexity is high, the substance is impressive, the precision is too. But the wine isn‘t as round and harmonious as it could be. This will need much more time in the cellar to soften, open up, become tertiary and form a harmonious composition.
Decanting: Not decanted. This could have needed 3-4 hours in a decanter at least.
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7/1/2022 - sirpat00 wrote: 93 Points
Fine frame of aging notes of leather and dry earth with a bright and pure red berry fruit. This was not decanted and started off muted and felt even slightly closed. Unfortunately not much improvement with aeration, generally low intensity. The level of detail here is off the charts, but it is so delicate it is potentially already tipping into fragile. Not entirely sure what to make of it or what to do with any remaining bottles...
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1/15/2022 - the player Likes this wine: 95 Points
Amazing bottle especially given the underwhelming experience 4 months ago. Ruby red, tawny rim and signs of bricking throughout the wine. Pristine bottle and cork. Nose of dark red cherries, berries, game, wet earth, and hints of truffles and spice. On the palate very elegant, starts light then gains weight mid late, and finishes with tannins resolve, good acidity and great length. Decanted and aerated for an hour and drank over another.
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12/18/2021 - HeavyPourWine Likes this wine: 97 Points
Fantastic! Decanted about 30 mins and then let evolve in the glass. Last few sips an hour later were out of this world! Brad - heavypourwine.com
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12/15/2021 - B Paul wrote:
Birthday Wine Dinner: Ex-chateau bottle acquired last year. Floral notes with cherries and truffle. Also had strong berry note in the nose. Rich and complex, this just got better and better with air. As good as this was, it is still a bit tight/wound up. It should be a stunner with some more age (maybe another 10 years?).
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12/11/2021 - Jeff Leve wrote: 97 Points
It’s been almost 8 years since my last tasting of this wine. It was worth the wait. The boatload of flowers, truffles, cherries, red plums, kirsch liqueur and wet earth on the nose had me hooked. But it was the supple-textured, rich, full, deep pool of ripe cherries and plums on the palate that stole the show! This is a unique Pomerol that should be tasted at least once as there is nothing else like it…
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10/24/2021 - the player Likes this wine: 93 Points
Pristine bottle, cork intact. A little underwhelming yet very pleasurable almost Burgundian element to this mature Lafleur. Viscous ruby red color, nose of spice, lots of earth, sweet plums, nutmeg and blackberries. Very subtle entry on the palate, gained a bit of weight after time in the decanter, medium bodied, seems a bit past its prime. Finished long with very finely grained tannins and good acidity. Black fruits dominated by earth and spice.
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8/5/2021 - jmoon Likes this wine: 96 Points
Very beautiful nose. Lovely and plush and deep on opening. Opened up after an hour or so. Faded a little, became more red fruit / burgundy like at 3-4 hour mark. No decant recommended for that reason.
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8/1/2021 - King Julien wrote: 96 Points
Decanted 4 hours.
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2/18/2021 - joshabramson Likes this wine: 97 Points
Tight at first, far more expressive and aromatic with 3 hours of air. Deep, rich, ripe, and elegant. Quite special.
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1/23/2021 - soyhead wrote:
my first Lafleur, and a treat
nose - gorgeous nose of cut flowers, cut grass, earth and undertones of charcoal (per the patriarch), and ash (per DC)
mouth - graphite, dark fruit loaded with minerals and a touch of grass. very fleshy and seductive, even voluptuous. a touch of grapeskin/grappa flavor on the finish but no heat at all. a bit of a chameleon wine, kept changing through the night but seductive at each sip. I see the hype.
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9/18/2020 - Lord of the Bottles Likes this wine: 96 Points
Gunsmoke and cigar nose, almost like Lafite. Stewed fruit, cinnamon, stewed plum, burnt sugar palate. 30 second finish. A step up from the '99. 96-97.
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12/10/2019 - Elpaninaro Likes this wine:
intensely dark red young color, no signs of age, a nose of grand scale with dark berries and red cherries, oak starting to integrate but noticeable, on the palate like the 1998 Magdelaine recently tasted a primary baby built on a massive scale unlike many vintages before or since, another 1975 perhaps, totally primary and accessible fruit- cherries, plums, game, sauvage, with time racy chalk streaks emerge on the back of the palate, thrilling potential here for a wine of enormous scale that will at some point explode into greatness, my only concern is the oak- the scale of structure and fruit here will keep it in check, but it may be sufficiently strong to leave some small unharmonious mark down the road, highest potential here- but much patience required. As with a 2000 Latour recently tasted- don't think years, think decades.
(*****), 2040++
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10/29/2019 - HongKongPhooey wrote:
Sold
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9/22/2019 - BillyNelson Likes this wine: 99 Points
I know much depends on when, were, how and with whom you drink a wine but this is a top 3 lifetime, desert island wine for me ..... Ethereal nose, exotic palate and unreal finish ...... On the night this was drunk with a few other '98 right bank titans and it really shone.
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9/11/2019 - fcxj wrote: 94 Points
Jumps from glass. Light touch on palate.
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12/11/2018 - Burgnick wrote: 91 Points
Two hours of slow ox plus 90 mins of decanting. Sweet raspberry, smoke, cedarwood and kirsch on the nose. Palate had the silky cab franc touch but still backward and unyielding. It lacked the power and depth for a strong right bank vintage. Not very convinced about this wine.
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6/14/2018 - M.S.L. wrote: 96 Points
Bordeaux right bank 1998 tasting. 16 wines including Petrus, Cheval Blanc and VCC (Copenhagen, Denmark): Much more ready than the Petrus in the same flight, but still structured. A weird elderflower smell came through that I was almost embarrased to mention, but luckily I was not the only one who picked it up. Otherwise a lovely wine with many more years to reach full maturity.
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3/27/2018 - JonnyG Likes this wine: 91 Points
Stubborn and backwards, didn't budge despite a 2-hour decant, maybe with 24 hours but I plan to wait 4-5 more years before opening another one, and even then would allow time for lengthy aeration. A fascinating, herbal nose, dominated by green, brambly aromas alongside a touch of smokiness. Fresh but compact palate, with some black cherry notes hiding behind the dominant herbal flavors. I know this may sound like label bias, but the group agreed the wine was compelling and exuded class, yet may take years to reveal itself. Lesson learned, with no regrets.
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3/29/2017 - etyc Likes this wine:
This got off to a slightly slower start compared to the '04 HB. However, it certainly shone with time in the glass as it kept evolving. Nose of smoke, cassis, plums. On the palate, this was chocolatey, leathery, cedary, balanced with the right amount of freshness. Wow! Had we had more time to evaluate & vote, this would definitely have been wine of the (2nd) flight. By the end of the dinner, most would have this as the top 3 wines of the evening, amongst the '03 Margaux and '04 HB...
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2/26/2016 - bboard Likes this wine:
Wine drinks well, with an hour decant and drank over next 2 hrs. Our bottle had tons of sediments. Amazing aromas throughout the night. Super dark wine, plums, cassis, smoky, complex, powerful, concentration. Gosh, I wonder how it can get better with more years ahead?
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1/2/2016 - Dehrmann Likes this wine: 92 Points
drank after 1996 margaux...lacked in boldness...
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5/30/2015 - dharrison93 wrote: 92 Points
Drank with friends over dinner after a brief decant. This wine is fully mature with very little sediment. A nose of deep plum and whiff of violets leads to a beautiful, seamless tasting but nowhere near as extraordinary as the hype would lead you to believe. I doubt it improves from here with further age.
If a date, this was a 30 year old ambitious corporate type who comes to dinner dressed like a cougar in mating season but completely comes up short in the physical action department.
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5/29/2014 - Jeff Leve wrote: 95 Points
Still young, this deep, rich, concentrated, full bodied wine has a lot going on. With its showy, plum chocolate and earthy nose and opulent, fleshy, flashy textures coupled with the structure to age and expand for decades, give it another 3-5 years and it will be even better.
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3/25/2014 - salil wrote: 96 Points
Absolutely incredible aromatics. I could have kept smelling this all evening long, if it wasn't so amazing to drink as well. It's impossible to catalogue the array of flavours in here - layers of fruit, flamboyant spicy and herbal notes, more savoury dark chocolate, smoky and cedary aspects... but the fragrance is hypnotic, and the palate presence is extraordinary, intense power and concentration conveyed with remarkable finesse and purity. This feels incredibly youthful, not showing much development to the flavours yet and there's some fine grained tannin lingering on the back end, but it's already an amazing wine experience.
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2/15/2014 - Wine_lvr Likes this wine: 95 Points
1998 POMEROL; 2/15/2014-2/17/2014: Tasted blind: Clear intensive garnet in color. Nose of chocolate and sweet raspberries. Wonderful balance, elegant but still a bit backward. The sweetness makes this a very sexy and easy drinking wine. Very hedonistic. Drink now - 2025.
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7/15/2013 - Vintjener Likes this wine: 91 Points
Still great vibrance in the color.
The nose is deep, fresh and broad.
The palate is still fresh, but it only really shined the first 30 minutes.
The depth is great. Somewhat dark profile, and came off as a bit warm.
Still lovely though.
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3/25/2013 - Biglama Likes this wine: 93 Points
rode kleur, fruitige neus, rode bes, mooie vlezige indruk, smaak is zacht en rijp, dikte, sappig, maakt goede indruk, nog veel vitaliteit, prima
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2/13/2013 - MGrange Likes this wine: 95 Points
Annual Wine evening 2013 (Restaurant L'Etranger): Wonderful wine slowly improving in the glass, catching up with the other wines and finishing equal first (for me) with the Mouton 1995. Subtle tobacco with blackberry. A bit young.
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4/13/2010 - neiljh wrote: 95 Points
Blind at Kagen. Double decant 3 hours before drinking, should have been more. Floral nose with berry characters and pencil shavings, somewhat restrained flavour on the palate but a long long finish - way to early to drink but still enjoyable.
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2/20/2010 - psmith wrote:
Wow. Big time nose - super complex with tobacco, chocolate, and really exotic raspberry liqueur and floral notes. Just a super nose. Harder palate, but picks up a characteristic, really nice weight with time. Best wine I've had in a while.
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4/20/2009 - Blair Curtis wrote: 97 Points
Deep and powerful red fruit nose. On the palate, this is no fruit bomb. The earth and iron come through along with the extremely well-judged fruit. The wine is cool and long in the mouth. There is a touch of rusticity, but it adds character. (Served at a Commanderie de Bordeaux 1998 Pomerol horizontal and voted by members as the wine to keep of the tasting).
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3/8/2009 - Xavier Auerbach wrote: 93 Points
Château Lafleur tasting (Rheingau Gourmet & Wine Festival Hattenheim, Germany): A good but not great Lafleur, the Cabernet Franc was harvested a bit too early. Wonderful tension in the fruit but relatively light, savoury, truffle and porcini, deep flavours.
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3/8/2009 - Fatty Cat wrote: 95 Points
Early Mar 2009, Tasting “Chateau Lafleur” at the Rheingau Gourmet Festival: decanted 2-3 hours before the tasting; dark red color; cherry, plum, red fruits, leather; smooth palate and a very, very long finish.
Had the feeling this wine could even reach a higher point level if you leave enough decanting time. Unluckily there was no second glass available to proof.
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3/20/2002 - Joe Belmaati wrote: 96 Points
Dark red. Wonderful scents of cranberry, fruit, oil and pudding. Smooth and round in the mouth and incredibly broad-shouldered. Tonnes of fruit here and a brilliantly structured framework that plays host to an incredibly harmonious array of elements. Lovely gentle oak touches. Ripe tannins. A super-concentrated, however light on its feet wine, that fanned out beautifully on the long, delicious finish.
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3/13/2002 - Joe Belmaati wrote: 94 Points
Dark red colour. Huge, expressive nose. Brilliant coffee scents coming out of the glass. Big, round and voluptuous - just like a sexy Pomerol should be. Man is this good. An exemplary harmonious wine. Over time develops vanilla pudding notes that just seem to embellish the cream-like, viril texture. Juicy and round. A bit tannic, but in a ripe and sweet fashion. But certainly not the "frightfully tannic beast" that RP describes. If he doesn't like this wine, that's fine by me. Ahh, the tannins just tinkle and dance across the tongue, and the finish goes on.
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