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Chateau Lafleur, Pomerol 2007
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Region

France > Bordeaux > Pomerol

Producer

Chateau Lafleur

Grape

Merlot, Cabernet Franc

Type

Red

Designation

AOP

Vineyard

NA

Appellation

Pomerol

Classification

Parker Score

93

Inspection Photos

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WO score

RP
93
V
92
JR
18
WO score is the average of all critic scores for this wine

Tasting notes

Vinous
Tasted: 01/09/2025
Drink: 2026-2048
Author: Neal Martin

The 2007 Lafleur, to quote myself, has a straightforward bouquet that does not possess the complexity or mineralité of the 2008, though it feels harmonious with touches of incense and forest floor. The palate is medium-bodied with tannins that have softened in recent years, making this more approachable. Black truffle and cracked pepper furnish a finish that lingers nicely, but leaves the superlatives for other vintages. A solid showing-not remarkable, but it is beginning to drink now. Tasted from ex-château magnum at Kate & Kon's 40-Year vertical in Austria.

 

Vinous
Tasted: 01/11/2018
Drink: 2020-2038
Author: Neal Martin

The 2007 Lafleur has a straightforward bouquet with mulberry and strawberry pastilles, touches of scorched earth and game coming through courtesy of the Cabernet Franc. I admire the definition and poise on display here. The palate is medium-bodied with quite bold tannin and satisfying ripeness considering the growing season, a mixture of red and black fruit laced with black...

...pepper, truffle and clove, that lead towards a solid, firm finish. Though this is an off vintage, this showing suggests it will benefit from another couple of years in bottle. Tasted at the Christies’ Lafleur masterclass in London.

 

Robert Parker
Tasted: 28/09/2017
Drink: 2018-2030

Tasted at BI Wine & Spirits' 10-Years-On tasting, the 2007 Lafleur has a beautifully composed bouquet with scents of black cherry, truffle, iron piping and a touch of mint. It is very well defined, nicely focused and full of breeding. The palate is medium-bodied with very fine tannin, a superb seam of acidity, good body and presence in the mouth. I adore the ferrous aspect of this Lafleur married with the sense of energy conveyed towards the finish-an off-vintage Pomerol that seems to be flourishing with bottle age. Superb. Tasted February 2017.

 

Robert Parker
Tasted: 09/02/2017
Drink: 2018-2030

Tasted at BI Wine & Spirits' 10-Years-On tasting, the 2007 Lafleur has a beautifully composed bouquet with scents of black cherry, truffle, iron piping and a touch of mint. It is very well defined, nicely focused and full of breeding. The palate is medium-bodied with very fine tannin, a superb seam of acidity, good body and presence in the mouth. I adore the ferrous aspect of this Lafleur married with the sense of energy conveyed towards the finish—an off-vintage Pomerol that seems to be flourishing with bottle age. Superb. Tasted February 2017.

 

Robert Parker
Tasted: 01/06/2012
Drink:

Tasted from an ex-chateau bottle at the Lafleur vertical dinner at Attersee in Austria. This 2007 is a real turn up for the books. It has a dusty, slightly foursquare bouquet with cedar and graphite infusing the carapace of blackberry and raspberry fruit. It is well defined but certainly very conservative. The palate is medium-bodied with a dense, introverted entry. Just when...

...you think it is not going to perform up to the estate's usual standards, it dovetails into this gorgeous, corpulent, Merlot-driven finish this is pure and primal. Amazing how last year this 2007 was so closed and unyielding. Perhaps this will not be so much of a long-term Lafleur, but it is very delicious. Tasted June 2012.

 

Robert Parker
Tasted: 01/01/2011
Drink:

Tasted blind at the 2007 Bordeaux horizontal in Southwold. The Lafleur never shows well in comparative blind tastings-it is just not that kind of wine. Here, it is endowed with a savoury meaty bouquet with some lovely ripe Cabernet Franc: fig, coca and a touch of powdered dark chocolate. The palate is medium-bodied with a spicy entry, very good weight, furry tannins, clamming up to towards the obdurate, -piss off and don't come back for a decade- finish. But you still love it. Tasted January 2011.

 

Robert Parker
Tasted: 27/04/2010
Drink: 2010-2025

Delicious aromas and flavors of kirsch and licorice emerge from the dark ruby-hued 2007 Lafleur (a blend of 53% Merlot and 47% Cabernet Franc). It is a medium-bodied, round, luscious cuvee revealing more density than most of its peers. Drink it over the next 10-15 years.

 

Robert Parker
Tasted: 01/09/2008
Drink: 2020-2040

This has a very tight nose with blackberry, wet gravel, briary and just a faint hint of black plum. Very good definition, but a little surly. The palate has a tremendous entrance on the palate, the tannins gripping vice-like, with touches of blackberry, Asian spice, a hint of liquorice. Like the nose, surly, unresolved, but there as some fine tannins on the off-dry finish, with black pepper on the aftertaste. Impressive for the vintage. Drink 2020-2040. Tasted September 2008.

 

Robert Parker
Tasted: 30/04/2008
Drink:

Rated - No tasting note given.

 

Robert Parker
Tasted: 01/04/2008
Drink:

A deep garnet colour. The nose needs some time in glass, but it develops beautifully, certainly with a natural sense of ripeness rather than the more ersatz raisin and prune notes found on some Right Bank wines. Baked red cherries, sous-bois, a touch of green pepper from the Cabernet Franc. Very fine delineation. The most immediately striking thing is the fineness of the...

...tannins and the density and harmony of this Lafleur. Very focused, probably more so than the 2006. Very good weight with notes of blackberry, raspberry and a hint of mocha. Very smooth on the finish, great length. Tasted April 2008.

 

Vinous
Tasted: 05/01/2008
Drink:
Author: Stephen Tanzer

(57% merlot and 43% cabernet franc) Good deep ruby-red. Complex nose melds black plum, musky chocolate, licorice, menthol and fresh herbs. Sweet, dense, ripe and silky, with lovely life and palate coverage. Pure and harmonious from the outset, with a firm architecture for the year. Finishes a bit strict but not hard, with a smoky nuance and lovely length. Pomerol does not get much better than this in 2007. The alcohol here will be in the low 13s.

Profile

Area under vines: 4,5 hectares
Soils: Gravel
Production: 1000 cases a year
Ageing: in 50% new oak for 18 months
Grape varieties:
  • Merlot 50%
  • Cabernet Franc 50%

Contact details

Name

Chateau Lafleur

Address

Chateau Lafleur, Mouillac, France

Website

Email

Phone

+33 (0)5 57 84 44 03
Chateau Lafleur, Mouillac, France
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