Chateau Lafleur 1986

Classificatie	Cru Classe
Wijnsoort	Rood
Producent	Chateau Lafleur
Jaar	1986
Land	Frankrijk
Hoofdregio	Bordeaux
Regio	Pomerol
Druif	Merlot, Cabernet Franc, Bordeaux Blend
Alcohol %	12.5%
Inhoud	0,75
Conditie	Perfect
Etiket	Licht gevlekt
Drinkbaar	-2043
Voorraad	1

Professionele reviews

Robert Parker (92)

Dark dense ruby/purple, with very little evolution to the color, Lafleur’s 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 Lafleur’s 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. (Tasted Jan 2003).

Winespectator (95)

A marvelous Lafleur, full-bodied, with supple tannins, offering lovely mineral, earth and black fruit character. Smooth and ripe from start to finish. (Tasted Jan 2000).

Vinous (92)

The 1986 Lafleur is a vintage that I have not tasted for some time, from a season that favoured the Left Bank over the Right. Nevertheless, it has a surprisingly high-toned nose with blackberry and blueberry fruit, cedar, iodine and antique bureau. The palate is clearly more austere and less complex than that of the 1985, quite linear and "correct" in style with, yes, a little rusticity. I find this larger format better than the handful of bottled examples that I have tasted, though I would broach this over the next decade and before the 1985. Tasted from ex-château magnum at Kate & Kon's 40-year vertical in Austria. (Tasted July 2025).

BOW (8.50)