CHATEAU LAFLEUR LES PERRIERES 2020

Critical Acclaim
V94Vinous
The 2020 Les Perrières from limestone soils is the first vintage with massal-selection Merlot (from Lafleur). It has an exceptionally pure bouquet of intense black berry and blueberry fruit, crushed stone and touches of Japanese nori. The medium-bodied palate is structured, tensile and very saline, with taut tannins and that limestone-driven pixelation clearly apparent on the finish. Vibrant, almost steely, this will require 2–3 years in bottle. -Neal Martin
Barrel Sample: 92-94
D94Decanter
This is a wine for those who really love going deep-diving into limestone. It performs the acrobatic, trapeze artist feat of tiptoeing high above the palate with gunsmoke, cool blueberry and redcurrant fruits and flowers curling upwards. Austere and fierce, stretching forward, then softening as it opens, although it takes its time to do so. There is really a feeling that they are doing something different here, thinking deeply about what it means to link wine’s sense of a place to its expression in a glass. Brilliant.
Barrel Sample: 94
RP94Robert Parker’s Wine Advocate
Unfurling in the glass with aromas of raspberries and cherries mingled with hints of rose petals and spices, the 2020 Les Perrières de Lafleur is medium to full-bodied, deep and velvety, with a concentrated core of fruit that’s framed by beautifully refined tannins and animated by lively acids, concluding with a long, intensely mineral finish. As readers will remember, this exciting new project derives from holdings on the limestone plateau of Fronsac planted with massal selections from Lafleur. Best after 2027. Rating: 94+

JS92James Suckling
A fresh and vivid red with sliced berry and cherry aromas and flavors with hints of chocolate. Salted caramel. Medium body. Fine tannins. Drink now.

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