2018 Château La Fleur-Pétrus

Community Tasting Notes (13) Avg Score: 95 points

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  3/10/2023 - Sonoma-W Likes this wine: 98 Points

  Wow! The first time trying this -- great fruit, lively, lots of personality

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  11/2/2022 - Jeff Leve wrote: 98 Points

  If you like Pomerol at its decadent best, this wine is for you. Intensely concentrated, opulent, deep, lush, and rich, there is a polish to the creamy tannins and a depth of flavor consisting of seemingly endless waves of dark chocolate, licorice, smoke, black cherry, truffle, and espresso that you cannot get enough of. Drink from 2028-2058.

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  10/6/2022 - WineTally Likes this wine:

  91% Merlot, 6% Cabernet Franc and 3% Petit Verdot
  from 18.7 ha of gravel and deep clay on iron-rich subsoil on the top
  northern side of the Pomerol plateau with vines of average age 35 yrs
  under "Culture raisonnée" (Certified HVE 3).
  Manual harvest. Double sorting: manual and optical.
  Vinified in thermo-regulated concrete and stainless-steel vats with
  gentle & controlled maceration & extraction.
  Aged 16-18 months in French oak barrels (50% new).
  15% Abv.
  History: Chateau built in 1782. Sold to Jean Pierre Moueix in 1953.
  Son Christian Moueix took over in 1978.
  Proprietors: Christian Moueix and son Edouard Moueix
  
  A(ccuray)=2: Deep ruby/garnet. Intense, dense Merlot blend.
  B(alance)=2: Distinctive components awaiting full integration.
  C(omplexity)=3: Dark and red fruits, mint, spices, chocolate, mineral.
  D(epth)=2: Layered mouthfeel. Deep palate and extra long finish.
  
  Wine Tally Score [2,2,3,2]= 9/10
  
  Tour de force Pomerol.
  
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  10/5/2022 - wineappellation Likes this wine: 93 Points

  Chocolaty, earthy. Loads of pungent spices, ripe berries. Sweet oak. Drink in 5 years.

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  4/6/2022 - Christopherhoff Likes this wine: 96 Points

  2018 Chateau La Fleur-Petrus comes from 45-acre deep clay soils on the upper plateau of Pomerol. The vines comes in of an average of 35 years of age with 16-18 months of ageing in 50% new Franch oak.
  
  After one hour of decanting the wine had dominant aromas of green charred chillies, vanilla, plums and damp soil.
  
  After five hours in a decanter the wine has aromas of raw vanilla, blueberries, blackberries, raspberries, green charred chillies, plums, wet earth, spice, some alcohol (15%), cocoa, coffee grounds, tobacco, leather, forest floor, Provence spices, anise, sweet liquorice and minerals.
  
  The wine tastes of black truffles, vanilla, blueberries, elderberries, crowberries, black cherries, cocoa, wet soil, tobacco, leather, damp soil, coffee grounds, pepper, spices, light finesse chocolate, wet stone, wet graphite, cranberries and toasted bread.
  
  The mouthfeel is shocking. The wine is experienced as very thick, with extraordinary concentration. The tannins and acidity contributes with a balance out of this world. The length of the wine is uniquely long+++, you have to experience the wine to understand the vast length of it.
  
  possibly under par bottle.
  
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