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2018 Les Perrieres, Chateau Lafleur, Bordeaux Superieur
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OverachieverClassifications schmassifications. This wine overachieves relative to its class.
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Top VintageBehold! One of the finest vintages of this wine ever made.
61.1% of Vinovest WinesCritics Scores
Decanter
A delicious wine, juicy and mouthwatering on the finish, that's unlikely to be inexpensive, but a real window into the way the Guinaudeau family works. As with Grand Village, there is clear Cabernet impact (massal selection from Lafleur), translating into floral aromatics, blackberry bud, blueberry fruits, sinewy but fine tannins and spice. This was previously called Acte, but has now been christened Perrières, a name that means field of limestone apparently (reflective, you guessed it, of the type of soil where the vines are planted).
Vinous
The 2018 Les Perrières de Lafleur represents the second chapter for what were previously the Acte-series wines and emerges from Guinadeau family's 3.3 hectares of vineyards centered around the southern edge of Villegouges. The Perrières is distinguished in the Guinadeau family's range (especially the Grand Villages and Pensées de Lafleur) by vibrant, somewhat teunse underpinnings that give the plump fruit a striking kick of energy. Dark red cherry, mocha, spice, leather and tobacco all flesh out in the glass. The balance of Bouchet (Cabernet Franc) and Merlot is remarkable for such a young wine. The 2018 will spend 15-16 months in barrel. More importantly, it is an absolutely gorgeous wine.
James Suckling
A refined and crafted red from this appellation with blueberry, dried mushroom and bark undertones. It’s medium-bodied with integrated and lightly dusty tannins and a flavorful finish. More linear this year. Merlot and bouschet. Better in 2023.
Robert Parker's Wine Advocate
This would have been called Act X, but we felt the wine has arrived to a point to give it a name," cellar master Omri Ram told me. This is the first vintage of this wine under the new name. The 2018 Les Perrieres de Lafleur is a blend of 49 Merlot (harvested September 25 and 27) and 51 Cabernet Franc (harvested October 6). Very deep purple-black in color, it gives up wonderfully intense notes of crushed black cherries, mulberries, warm plums and boysenberries with touches of spice cake, chocolate box, Indian spices and fresh dirt. Medium to full-bodied, the palate is completely coated with vibrant black berry and exotic spice layers, framed by beautifully ripe tannins and a racy line, finishing long. Very classy.