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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?
Vintage 1981
Bordeaux 1981 /Le petit mais de grande qualité millésime de 1981 a été éclipsé par le superbe 1982. Le temps chaud et sec a commencé à partir de la floraison et s’est maintenu jusqu’en septembre, lorsque des pluies occasionnelles ont eu lieu jusqu’à ce que la récolte soit terminée dans de bonnes conditions début octobre. D’une manière générale, les rouges produits étaient des vins élégants, moyennement légers et délicats dans toutes les appellations. Les blancs secs étaient de qualité moyenne et Sauternes en fait meilleur que l’année suivante 1982. Bien que cette année soit souvent considérée comme modeste, quelques bons vins ont vu le jour. Il s’agit notamment de Margaux et de Cheval Blanc.