2010 Pensees de Lafleur
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The 2010 Pensees de Lafleur has a truly gorgeous bouquet of violets, spices, plums and blackberries, followed on the palate by an array of spices with very precise flavour definition and amazing freshness and depth. With caressing tannins and flavours that dance on the palate, this is a truly successful Pensees de Lafleur- the best I have tasted in the past ten years! 65% Merlot and 35% Cabernet Franc. Jeannie Cho Lee MW asianpalate.com
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Jeannie Cho Lee MW
Jeff Leve, The Wine Cellar Insider
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Pensees de Lafleur is produced from 65% Merlot and 35% Cabernet Franc. Pensees de Lafleur comes from a selection of terroir, not young vines. Aside from a shorter maceration time, the wine is produced with the same care that is received by Lafleur. The wine shows truffle, black cherry liqueur and minerality that couples with soft textures ending with black cherries 90-92 Pts Jeff Leve winecellarinsider.com
The 2010 Les Pensees de Lafleur is 80% Merlot and 20% Cabernet Franc. The wine is fresh and lively, with loads of strawberry and black cherry fruit, hints of underbrush and crushed rock, and good length. The final blend seems to be different from what I tasted in early 2011. Drink it over the next 15 years. Feb 2013, www.robertparker.com
About the producer
The Société Civile du Ch. Lafleur is the collective name for the Guinaudeau family’s wines and estates. These are some of the Right Bank’s most famous wines, including Ch. Lafleur and Les Pensées in Pomerol, along with Les Perrières, Les Champs Libres and Ch. Grand Village in Fronsac.