Chateau Lafleur 2000

Château Lafleur is one of Pomerol's most legendary estates, producing an exceptionally elegant wine with aromas of blackberry, black cherry, violet, graphite, truffle, cedar, and exotic spice. Silky tannins, remarkable freshness, and extraordinary concentration create a complex, age-worthy palate with exceptional precision and an enduring finish.

Food Pairing: Pair with beef Wellington, roast lamb, duck breast, venison, wild mushroom risotto, aged Comté, or truffle-infused cuisine.

100 Points - Robert Parker's Wine Advocate

Tasted at Justerini & Brooks agency tasting in London. The Château Lafleur 2000 is a monumental wine. Imagine a Harley Davidson thundering down the tarmac. Wouldn't you want to get on? It has an extremely intense, but ineffably pure nose with more mineral expression than the Lafleur 1995. It has loosened up a little since I last tasted it, but I concur with Robert Parker that if I were lucky enough to have some of these in my cellar, I would wait until 2020 to experience the wine at its plateau. Allowing the wine to open over 30 minutes, I notice an almost flinty scent developing on the bouquet. The palate is medium-bodied, crystalline and symmetrical—everything beautifully focused—almost Left Bank in texture. This had a firm backbone, but that is becoming more "flexible" in recent years, and it fans out with consummate ease on a finish that is so long that it makes "War and Peace" seem like a short read. This is simply magnificent. Tasted February 2015.

96 Points - Wine Spectator

A hand-crafted, exciting wine. Solid as rock. Bright aromas of violets, berries, cherries and lilacs. Full-bodied, with a solid core of fruit and superbly refined, silky tannins. Long finish. This is a remake of the superb 1998. Much better than I found it in barrel. Best after 2013.