Community Tasting Notes 16

• sirpat00 wrote: 92 points

  October 3, 2022 - 2002 Bordeaux 20 years on tasting (Fribourg): 2002 Bordeaux 20 years on tasting. Key takeaways: 1/ 31 out of 32 wines were in flawless condition which indicates either luck or less bottle variation in the vintage, 2/ On average still early days with the fruit predominantly primary, 3/ solid hedonistic quality with only few laggards, but also no blow-outs, 4/ structures built on both tannin and acidity, but common mid-palate weakness, 5/ best wines were Valandrau, Palmer and a surprise underdog Lagrange (all 95), 6/ biggest disappointment was a cooked Figeac (87). More comments and full list of wines included in the tasting story.
  
  Tasting note:
  Light red berry fruit profile, slightly spicy, a bit of lead and pencil shavings. Finely balanced palate, but lacking mid-palate presence. Lafleur tends to struggle in larger tasting settings and this time round was regrettably no different.

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• levicn wrote: 92 points

  January 14, 2022 - 醒酒三个半小时，闻香是雪松和红李子的香气，入口酸度中等，单宁有些抓人，颗粒细腻，明显能感受到石墨气息，青椒混合着醋栗的香气，余味是李子，香料和香草奶油。一款非常经典的波尔多，品丽珠的特征特别明显，强健的骨架，有些桀骜不驯，适当缩短醒酒时间可能会更柔和一些，历经20年状态如此年轻，感觉还没有发展到最佳适饮期，陈年能力惊人。

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• LB88 wrote: 93 points

  December 28, 2020 - From a magnum, opened at 5pm. Decanted at the restaurant. Beautiful nose and actually quite approachable with smooth resolved tannins and syrupy fruit, vanilla and liquorice. Still quite primary in nature but should age well. 93+

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• wineappreciation wrote: 93 points

  October 11, 2018 - Raspberry, dark cherry, rose, rhubarb, ash; pure, linear, focused, balanced, long-lived with steady, gradual, smooth, centered, elongated finish; very fine

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• psmith wrote: 90 points

  November 14, 2017 - This has a lighter, more lifted floral character with classic dark fruit and tobacco flavors. It's more structural than fruit-forward, which is more a result of it lacking the latter than an abundance of the former. I don't expect that will ever change, and the consequence is that you have to search a bit for the wine's more attractive components. A solid wine, if not the most convincing Lafleur.

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Wine Definition

• Vintage 2002
• Type Red
• Producer Château Lafleur
• Varietal Red Bordeaux Blend
• Designation n/a
• Vineyard n/a
• Country France
• Region Bordeaux
• SubRegion Libournais
• Appellation Pomerol

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• Pending Delivery 8 (1%)
• In Cellars 314 (54%)
• Consumed 256 (44%)

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