1998 Chateau Lafleur (Pomerol)Colour : Red Producer : Lafleur (Pomerol) Country : France Region : Bordeaux Sub Region : Pomerol Variety : Proprietary Blend Vintage : 1998 Capacity : 750 ml Standard Bottle Rating : RP94 Robert Parker Wine Advocate Tasting Note : This wine was incredibly tannic and backward from cask, but out of bottle it has shrugged off the excess tannin and seems to be developing far better than I thought it would. The color is dense ruby purple, and the wine

Limpid yellow

iron mineral

and a distinct mineral or saline

and liqueur-like intensity of cherry and black raspberry dominate the lingering finish

it leaps from the glass with vibrant cassis

the 2016 Proprietary Red Wine is deep purple-black in color and quite reticent at this youthful stage to begin

identified by Robert Parker as one of the great modern classics when most other critics had dismissed it as over-ripe and atypical

5 L - Magnum Rating : AG96 - Vinous by Antonio Galloni Tasting Note : The 2015 Il Caberlot opens with a blast of blackberry jam

It has a denser and more opaque bouquet compared to the 2015 Clos Saint Denis -- blueberry and cassis fruit

Anticipated maturity: 2012-2050

22% Cabernet Franc and the rest Petit Verdot and Malbec

extraordinary purity