1989 Chateau Lafleur Bordeaux - 99 pts - 750ml

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1989 Lafleur Bordeaux - 99 pts!

One of the rarest wines in the world, thanks to the tiny production volumes and the degree of care and attention that goes into every bottle - reflected in the château motto, “qualité passe quantité” - Lafleur is a name that emanates exclusivity. In true artisan fashion, every vine is pruned manually and standards are some of the highest in Bordeaux. If the grapes aren’t perfect one year then there may be no vintage at all, as happened in 1987, or just a handful of barrels will be completed.

A totemic estate, a shrine to a time in which wine-making was a labourious, personal affair where châteaux were owned by people rather than multinational corporations, each of the 12,000 bottles produced annually is a labour of love. Whilst Pétrus may be its equal in Pomerol, it is the quality of exclusivity which sets Lafleur apart, and for this reason surviving bottles of legendary vintages such 1945, 1947 or 1961 are highly prized with very few seeing the light of day, never mind the auction room floor. Even slightly more contemporaneous vintages such as the 1982 regularly fetch at least £2,400 per bottle.

In 2012 Lafleur was among a few select labels named by Anthony Hanson of Christie’s as fine wine brands that present the most reliable returns both at auction and on the exchange market in general. International buying, particularly that from the Far East, is beginning to favour top quality producers outside the Left-bank First Growths. Indeed, Aussino cellars, one of China’s biggest wine retailers, when announcing their intention to begin promoting Right-Bank estates over those on the Left, specifically mentioned Pomerol as an appellation of special market interest for the future. Therefore, whilst investors have always found reliable returns in Château Lafleur, the coming years could represent a new golden age for the tiny, legendary château.

      


Product Details

Varietal Bordeaux Blend
Vintage 1989
Rating WS99/RP98
Bottle Size 750 ml
Bottle Quantity 1
Country France
Region Bordeaux
Location Pomerol
Producer Lafleur
Color Red
Wine Type Table

Winery Details

Varietal Bordeaux Blend
Vintage 1989
Rating WS99/RP98
Bottle Size 750 ml
Bottle Quantity 1
Country France
Region Bordeaux
Location Pomerol
Producer Lafleur
Color Red
Wine Type Table

Robert Parker

Rating RP99 - Really decadent and powerful, delivering dried fruit and grilled meat. Very Porty, featuring red licorice and prune on the nose. Velvety and rich, with a full palate and amazing fruit of aniseed and black licorice. It goes on and on. What freshness and beauty. Delicate fruit, chocolate and berries. This is just opening up now. WS The 1989 is superior to the 1988 but compared to the big exotic dense kinky style that Lafleur has exhibited in vintages such as 1975 1979 1982 and 1983 this is a more refined more gentlemanly-like wine. Dark ruby/purple in color super concentrated and very closed it has a great deal of tannin and alcohol in the finish. This is a wine to be drinking between the turn of the century and the first two and a half decades of the next millenium. Anticipated maturity: 2000-2030. Tasted four times. Consistent notes. Lafleur is one of the greatest wines of Bordeaux as anyone who has followed the quality of this property over the last several decades can attest and one of the most difficult to find. The problem is that there are only 1000 cases to go around the world a big chunk of which was purchased by the Belgians who have long known about its extraordinary quality often rivaling sometimes even surpassing Petrus. RP

Wine Spectator

Wine Spectator WS99

Burghound

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