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2008 Ch Lafleur Pomerol - 3x150cl
06A8LAFLM3PK _ 2008 - Ch Lafleur Pomerol - 3x150cl
  • Colour Red
  • Producer Château Lafleur
  • Region Pomerol
  • Grape Cabernet Franc / Merlot
  • Drinking 2017 - 2037
  • Case size 3x150cl
  • Available Now

2008 - Ch Lafleur Pomerol - 3x150cl

  • Colour Red
  • Producer Château Lafleur
  • Region Pomerol
  • Grape Cabernet Franc / Merlot
  • Drinking 2017 - 2037
  • Case size 3x150cl
  • Available Now
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Case price: £3,593.98 Duty Paid inc VAT
Equivalent Bottle Price: £1,197.99 Duty Paid inc VAT
Case price: £2,975.00 In Bond
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  • Robert Parker, May 2011, Score: 94

    The 2008 Lafleur is a wine to buy from this very under-rated vintage. A blend of 54% Cabernet Franc and 46% Merlot, the wine has a similar color to the 2010, only less purple. With a beautiful nose of boysenberry , black cherry, damp earth and truffle-like notes in what is clearly a classic style, it is built in a masculine, full-bodied manner along the lines of the 1988 or perhaps 1996. This wine needs a good 5-7 years of cellaring and should keep 30 years. It is certainly one of the most backward 2008s from Pomerol. Drink: 2016 - 2046

  • Robert Parker, May 2011, Score: 94

    The 2008 Lafleur is a wine to buy from this very under-rated vintage. A blend of 54% Cabernet Franc and 46% Merlot, the wine has a similar color to the 2010, only less purple. With a beautiful nose of boysenberry , black cherry, damp earth and truffle-like notes in what is clearly a classic style, it is built in a masculine, full-bodied manner along the lines of the 1988 or perhaps 1996. This wine needs a good 5-7 years of cellaring and should keep 30 years. It is certainly one of the most backward 2008s from Pomerol. Drink: 2016 - 2046

  • Robert Parker, April 2009, Score: 94-96+

    The 2008 Lafleur, a blend of 54% Cabernet Franc and 46% Merlot, offers extraordinarily pure notes of raspberries, kirsch, flowers, and subtle forest floor nuances. A wine of exceptional purity and full-bodied intensity that remains light on its feet because of its fresh acids and lower pH, it represents a denser, more complete version of the 1988 and 1996. Built for the long haul, purchasers will need at least a decade of patience before pulling a cork. It should keep for 40-50 years thereafter. Drink: 2019 - 2069

  • Jancis Robinson, April 2009, Score: 18+

    Quite deep. Cabernet Franc is very fine and elegant. Deep and concentrated crimson. Much more structure and harmony and completely subtle all the way through. Great silky depth. Sinew and long. So fine, so classical. Not super sweet, but lovely. Juicy. Concentrated. Muscular but not gawky. Very fine and harmonious. Herbs and black fruits but very subtle. Revitalising. Very fresh and very long. Elastic and energetic.

  • Wine Spectator, April 2009, Score: 92-95

    A solid wine, with subtle layers to a dense structure of silky tannins, plum, blackberry and mineral fruit. Long, caressing finish. Very compact. Very precise.

Producer

Château Lafleur

Region

Pomerol

The small sub-region of Pomerol is situated north-east of the industrious city of Libourne. Pomerol's soils are predominately iron-rich clay with a smattering of gravel that produce wines with extraordinary power and depth. As a result of this clay-dominance, it has the highest percentage of Merlot planted in all of Bordeaux. Certain châteaux are produced exclusively from this grape, but most incorporate smaller quantities of Cabernet Sauvignon and Cabernet Franc as well. Despite its hefty (if not exclusive) proportion of Merlot, many people think of wines from this region as separate entities. As one wine aficionado stated recently, "It's not Merlot. It's Pomerol." Despite the region's small size, Pomerol contains some of the world's most sought after (and expensive) wines including Pétrus, Le Pin, Lafleur, l'Evangile and Vieux Château Certan. Unlike other Bordelais subregions, there is no system of classification. The châteaux are traded on reputation alone.

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