La Fleur Pétrus 2019
IN BOND
Delivery mid 2021
Appellation - Pomerol
Owner - Jean-François Moueix
91% Merlot, 6% Cabernet Franc and 3% Cabernet Sauvignon
Annual production – 36,000 bottles
TASTING NOTES
"The 2019 La Fleur-Pétrus underwent double sorting, optical and manual, after harvest between 17 September and 3 October. It is matured in 50% new oak. It has a gorgeous bouquet with expressive red and black fruit, intermixed with crushed stone, freshly shaved black truffle and a touch of blue fruit perhaps originating from the 3% Petit Verdot. The palate is medium-bodied with sappy black fruit, gently grippy tannins, undercurrents of tobacco and earth towards the finish. It actually ends more cerebrally than I anticipated, quite mercurial in the glass. This will require several years in bottle, but it will surely be worth the wait. Superb!"
2026 - 2050
Score: 94/96 Neal Martin, vinous.com, June 2020