Pensées de Lafleur
A blend of Merlot 59% and Cabernet Franc 41% produced in a 40 year old vineyard with clay, gravel and sand soil.
A blend of Merlot 59% and Cabernet Franc 41% produced in a 40 year old vineyard with clay, gravel and sand soil.
A blend of Merlot 59% and Cabernet Franc 41% produced in a 40 year old vineyard with clay, gravel and sand soil.
“Unwinding in the glass with aromas of raspberries, violets, rose petals, Egyptian musk and spices, the 2019 Pensées de Lafleur is full-bodied, layered and velvety, with a deep, fleshy, concentrated core of fruit, lively acids and ripe, powdery tannins, concluding with a long, penetrating finish. Derived from vines growing in the part of Lafleur's vineyard through which a water course once flowed and where the soils are richer in clay and better hydrated, it's a blend of more or less equal parts Cabernet Franc and Merlot; this bottling hasn't really been a "second wine" since the late 1990s—but the market doesn't seem to have caught on. For now, it remains the best way to experience the Guinaudeau family's magic touch in Pomerol, for the price of a good Médoc second growth.” - William Kelley, RobertParker.com
Les Pensées de Lafleur, the second wine of Château Lafleur, is viewed differently by the estate. Rather than considering it simply as a second wine, they see it as a distinct and unique wine, originating from a specific part of their vineyards.
