2019 Château Lafleur

Community Tasting Notes (9) Avg Score: 99.1 points

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  3/29/2024 - Stanrocks Likes this wine: 95 Points

  Wow I m amazed at the craze here, people get really pumped when tasting that wine. Still I believe it really is 95/100 potential somewhere
  
  I still believe the VCC 2014 and Figeac 2009, for their drinkability waer above Evry wine during our trip... still Le Pin and Lafleur had something absolute in their style
  
  here is my take on a rainy, cold day at Lafleur on this 19
  
  Nose is closed, needs lot of air, graphite, pencil shavings, pepper, spice and flowery melt here, complex and dense wine
  
  palate is driven and sour... unique style, ripe and concentrated, long, large, black chocolate, like from a best cru from Africa or anywhere where the purity of Cocoa appears. It is a very meditative wine ! hope to taste one when ready !

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  9/30/2023 - watcheslover Likes this wine: 100 Points

  My colleagues and I were finally able to organize a mini Lafleur vertical last night (an old dream that was very, very difficult to bring together) to redefine the odds against the fabulous 2022 vintage. Once again, we can't put 100 points everywhere.
  
  1) 2019 - 2022 (sample) 100/100
  3) 2020 99-100/100
  4) 2018 99/100
  5) 2016 - 2021 (sample) 98-99/100
  7) 2015 98/100
  8) 2012 -2017 97/100
  10) 2014 96-97/100
  11) 2013 94/100

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  4/2/2023 - Hugo Hilde Likes this wine:

  An early take on some greats (Tøyen, Oslo): Double decanted 5 hours prior to dinner
  
  When opened, the bottle gave immensely deep black fruits, savoury herbs, mushrooms and forest floor. Fantastic, so promising.
  
  At dinner, not much remained, though I got a glimpse of deep blackberry, spicy barrel on the nose.
  
  Palate felt very ripe, juicy, though with a LOT of tannins which are quite refined. Sweet coffee, very long fruit driven finish.
  
  After an hour or so, this thightened up a lot, not very giving, also showing a slight heat.
  
  The next day, the nose was much more open, giving blueberries, cherries, pine needles and orange rind.
  
  This bottle was descening into shut down mode, should not be touched for at least 10 years, probably more like 20.
  
  Extreme potential, impossible to score accurately tonight, though I have a feeling this could become something truly special.

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  3/1/2023 - ubercuvee wrote: 100 Points

  Head and shoulders above the rest of the 2019s (incl. Cheval Blanc/Figeac/VCC/Eglise Clinet/Lafite/Montrose/Pichon L) at the J&B arrivage tasting in London. A Lafleur to die for: supple, deftly unweighted and full of fresh fruit. Wow.

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  6/29/2022 - Ramonee Confit Likes this wine: 100 Points

  Décidément 2019 est une année fabuleuse, beaucoup de grands vins bien notés au départ se sont encore améliorés avec l'élevage et donnent souvent le meilleur vin jamais fait au domaine. C'est le cas de ce gigantesque Lafleur qui domine tous les autres. C'est le cas aussi de Cheval Blanc, Figeac, Carmes H-B (avec le 2020?). Et même si c'est un peu tôt pour le dire, Mouton et Haut-Brion (en compétition avec leur 2016) et L'Eglise-Clinet. On en reparle dans 15 ans!

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