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Wine Description
The Story
Between the estates of Pétrus and La Fleur-Pétrus, amid vineyards, stands a stone house with closed shutters. The road that winds to the house between the vine rows has no signs or indications as to the name of the place. The construction looks more like a maintenance shed for the neighbouring estates than the main building of a winery. However, this is a house that makes one of the most desirable wines in Bordeaux: Château Lafleur.
Lafleur’s wines form an interesting contrast to their neighbour, Pétrus. Their terroirs differ significantly, even though the distance between them is only 50–100 metres. Whereas Pétrus is more seductively rich, full-bodied and intense, Lafleur is charming in its elegance, femininity and subtlety.
Lafleur’s wines are delightful, but they do require aging for at least twenty years in order to display their full, nuanced character. Guinaudeau’s investments into improving quality in all of Lafleur’s functions promise an even better future for the friends of Lafleur. Although tasting the 1947, 1950, 1961, 1975 or 1982, one can only wonder whether Lafleur’s wines could get any better?
Wine Information
Between the estates of Pétrus and La Fleur-Pétrus, amid vineyards, stands a stone house with closed shutters. The road that winds to the house between the vine rows has no signs or indications as to the name of the place. The construction looks more like a maintenance shed for the neighbouring estates than the main building of a winery. However, this is a house that makes one of the most desirable wines in Bordeaux: Château Lafleur.
Lafleur’s wines form an interesting contrast to their neighbour, Pétrus. Their terroirs differ significantly, even though the distance between them is only 50–100 metres. Whereas Pétrus is more seductively rich, full-bodied and intense, Lafleur is charming in its elegance, femininity and subtlety.
Lafleur’s wines are delightful, but they do require aging for at least twenty years in order to display their full, nuanced character. Guinaudeau’s investments into improving quality in all of Lafleur’s functions promise an even better future for the friends of Lafleur. Although tasting the 1947, 1950, 1961, 1975 or 1982, one can only wonder whether Lafleur’s wines could get any better?
Vintage 1959
Bordeaux 1959 a été proclamée année viticole du siècle par des journalistes trop zélés. Même si ce fut une excellente année, ce n’était tout simplement pas la meilleure du siècle. L’année a commencé avec des conditions météorologiques idéales. L’été a été parfait jusqu’à l’automne, lorsque les pluies sont arrivées à la mi-septembre. Mais les pluies ont fait place à un temps chaud et sec, préparant ainsi un magnifique terrain pour le début des vendanges. Le résultat a été une récolte vraiment mûre et juteuse. Les rouges sont généralement corsés, avec une acidité douce et une sensation en bouche grasse qui provient de la teneur élevée en alcool. Même si le millésime est généralement comparé à 1961, il a beaucoup en commun avec le 1949. Le millésime de Sauternes a également été un succès et la région a produit des vins de très longue durée. Une fois de plus, le Château Lafite-Rothschild a connu un succès complet, partageant le titre de meilleur vin du millésime avec le Haut-Brion. Sur leurs talons se trouvent le Pétrus, qui doit être décanté pendant au moins trois heures avant de boire, et le La-Mission-Haut-Brion.
