12 bottles per lot
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Château Lafleur--Vintage 1986
Pomerol
Levels: into neck. Three integrated US importer labels; nine stained labels; one damp stained label
"Dark dense ruby/purple, with very little evolution to the color, Lafleurs 1986 seems frozen in time, a structured, tannic, backward monster that still needs considerable cellaring. No matter how much airing I have given this wine, it does not ever seem to emerge from its cloak of tannin and structure. The fruit seems sweet, and the wine has Lafleurs telltale notes of kirsch liqueur intermixed with raspberries, minerals, flowers, and truffles. The wine is medium-bodied, weighty in the mouth, but so, so tannic and backward. Will it ever blossom? Anticipated maturity: 2008-2035" RP, Bordeaux Book, August 2002
12 bottles per lot
Pomerol
Levels: into neck. Three integrated US importer labels; nine stained labels; one damp stained label
"Dark dense ruby/purple, with very little evolution to the color, Lafleurs 1986 seems frozen in time, a structured, tannic, backward monster that still needs considerable cellaring. No matter how much airing I have given this wine, it does not ever seem to emerge from its cloak of tannin and structure. The fruit seems sweet, and the wine has Lafleurs telltale notes of kirsch liqueur intermixed with raspberries, minerals, flowers, and truffles. The wine is medium-bodied, weighty in the mouth, but so, so tannic and backward. Will it ever blossom? Anticipated maturity: 2008-2035" RP, Bordeaux Book, August 2002
12 bottles per lot
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