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100 -James Suckling -

A very tight yet energetic Lafleur showing brambleberries, black olives, leather, lavender and orange peel. It's very primary with perfectly ripe grape character, particularly cabernet franc. Medium- to full-bodied, this has solid density, powerful intensity and totally resolved tannins. Rather weightless. What a wine. The new 1950? This needs time, at least until after 2030, to reveal its true greatness.

100 -Falstaff -

Deep dark ruby garnet, opaque core, purple reflections, delicate rim brightening. Intense dark berry fruit, underpinned with very characteristic savouriness, fine touches of herbs, rust, graphite, blackberries are underlying. Complex, deliacte liquorice, ripe cherry fruit, but then follow the taut, supporting tannins, salty minerality, the power is completely packed, enormous length, great ageing potential, the elements are not yet fully connected, but the prospects are terrific.

100 -Robert Parker's Wine Advocate -

The 2022 Lafleur has turned out even better in bottle than I anticipated. Wafting from the glass with exotic aromas of mulberries, potpourri, iris, blood orange and incense, it's full-bodied, dense and layered, with a deep and multidimensional core of sweet, succulent fruit underpinned by velvety tannins, concluding with a long, expansive, rose-inflected finish. Élevage has brought a sense of harmony and classicism to the volume and richness that were already apparent en primeur, delivering a Lafleur for the ages.

99 -Jeff Leve, The Wine Cellar Insider -

Boysenberries, black raspberries, cherries, lilacs, violets, cocoa, and plum liqueur create the intoxicating perfume. Texturally, the wine meshes its viscosity, volume, density, opulence, and power with energy and lift. The levels of depth, and concentration here are are off the charts. The unctuous finish exceeds 60 seconds as it expands, builds, and coats your mouth, teeth and gums. It is important to note, that nothing is out of place, nothing is heavy. Everything is balanced and seamless. Like all great Lafleur vintages, this has almost unlimited aging abilities, yet the wine can be enjoyed after 5 years or so of bottle age. The wine blends 51% Cabernet Franc and 49% Merlot. 14.5% ABV, 3.8 pH. Harvesting took place from September 3 - September 17. Drink from 2030-2065.

99 -Jane Anson -

Creamy blackberry, squid ink, cocoa bean, liquorice, crushed rose petals, intense, touch of soy, broth, clear salinity and grip. This is a well that you can fall into, could almost be io the Left Bank here because there is a sombre edge to it but as it opens, it shows its more joyful side, and this is a wonderful wine. As I said for the En Primeur sample, ‘it provides a welcome sense of continuity in a vintage where the byword is excess’. 25% new oak for ageing, with the other 75% in barrels that were used at 9 months old after ageing the white wines. Harvest 7 and 17 September. Jean-Baptiste Guinaudeau owner and winemaker, along with an exceptionally invested team, harvest September 3 to 17.

99 -Decanter -

Blueberries, blackcurrants, cherries, and floral notes with hints of liquorice, espresso, and dark chocolate. The palate is focused, structured, and tightly framed, with flawless tannins that are barely perceptible yet give immense poise. Vibrant yet restrained, this wine is built for the long haul, offering racehorse-like energy and streamlined texture. Initially electric, it becomes more seductive over time, revealing velvety chocolate, lilac, and a creamy, spiced backbone. A wine for contemplation, not for immediate drinking. Powerful, elegant, and profoundly structured.

98+ -Jeb Dunnuck -

The Grand Vin 2022 Château Lafleur checks in as 51% Bouschet (an older selection of Cabernet Franc) and 49% Merlot brought up in a mix of new and used barrels. It's a ripe, incredibly powerful Lafleur that has a rare mix of voluptuousness as well as a dense, structured core. Red and black currants, iron, bloody meats, truffly earth, and violet notes are just some of its nuances, and it hits the palate with full-bodied richness, a broad, layered, expansive mouthfeel, tons of ripe, velvety tannins, and a great finish. It needs to be forgotten for a solid decade but will evolve for 30-40 years.

97 -The Wine Independent -

The blend is 49% Merlot and 51% Cabernet Franc, and the élevage was in 30% new oak, and 70% second-fill oak previously used at Grand Village. A real sense of harmony here on the nose, with desiccated raspberry, currants, bramble and blackcurrant fruits, with pencil shavings and violets, the Cabernet character very clearly expressed here. That same feelings of harmony on the start of the palate, supple and tightly integrated, with a silky upper layer of fruits, over tightly knit, firm and lightly powdery tannins. Very stylish, with finely integrated texture and modestly finessed tannins which together lead to a long, warm, confident and peppery finish. The alcohol is 14.5% on the label, the lowest among all the Guinaudeau reds, although it is probably slightly higher on analysis.

Technical Details

Blend 54% Cabernet Franc and 46% Merlot
Winemaker Jean-Baptiste Guinaudeau
Country France
Region Bordeaux
Sub Region Right Bank
Appellation Pomerol
Vineyard Estate vineyards of Château
Farming Method Sustainable and Organic Practices
Oak French oak barrels, 25% new and 75% 9 month-old
Fermentation fermented in stainless-steel tanks
Aging / Cooperage aged for 15 months in French oak barrels, 25% new and 75% 9 month-old
Alcohol 14.5%
Production 1,084 cases

Château Lafleur Pomerol 2022

Name: Château Lafleur Pomerol 2022
Brand: First Bottle
SKU: 1014732
Price: 949.0 USD
Availability: InStock

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JS100, FS100, WA100, JL99, JA99, DC99, JD98+, TWI97

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We’re shaking. In the history of First Bottle Wines, we’ve never gotten our hands on Lafleur – and certainly not a vintage boasting TRIPLE 100 points, with a pile of 99s on its heels. Only a case to go around, so if you’ve had your sights set on this Pomerol icon, here’s your chance to finally bring it home.

Lafleur’s story begins in 1872, when Henri Greloud, who already owned neighboring Château Le Gay, created the estate from a plot on Pomerol’s plateau, directly beside Pétrus. By the 1890s, its wines already commanded high prices and towering applause from wine aficionados far and wide. Henri’s son Charles inherited it in 1900, and when Charles died childless in 1915, it passed to Henri’s younger son Edgar’s daughter and her husband André Robin, and then their daughters Marie and Thérèse after 1946. When Thérèse died in 1984, Marie leased the estate to her cousin Jacques Guinaudeau and his wife Sylvie, whose first vintage was 1985.

The patch of gravel and clay that makes up the vineyard here produces only about 18,000 bottles a year, now with Jacques and Sylvie’s son Baptiste shaping each vintage and letting the terroir speak for itself. 2022 was a hot and dry year, though Baptiste described it as driven by energy rather than dominated by sun. The blend is 49% Merlot and 51% Bouchet (an older variety of Cabernet Franc) with “powerful intensity and totally resolved tannins” according to James Suckling in his 100-point remarks.

Its dark hue and ruby shimmer along the rim prepares you for dark, juicy berries, accented by red fruits, violets, lavender, a twist of orange peel, savory leather, and a curl of smoke, all wrapped in cool mineral notes like wet stone and pencil lead. The texture is dense and robust, but never heavy or oversaturated, with fine and polished tannins that stretch into a long, silky, mesmerizing finish. Don’t miss out on this incredibly rare and fleeting shot to bring home a majestic, historic, mightily pedigreed, and massively adored Bordeaux.

FOOD PAIRINGS: Roast beef tenderloin – rubbed with cracked pepper and drizzled in roasted garlic-herb butter – is the most premium of moves with this behemoth legend of a wine.

About The Producer

There is no wine in Pomerol quite like Lafleur, and possibly nothing in all of Bordeaux quite like the Guinaudeau family's approach to making it. The estate traces its origins to 1872, when Henri Greloud acquired the 4.5-hectare parcel on Pomerol's famed plateau, and it has remained in direct family descent ever since, passing to Baptiste and Julie Guinaudeau in 1985. What sets Lafleur apart from its celebrated neighbor Pétrus, just a short walk away, is the vine composition: an almost exactly equal split between Merlot and Cabernet Franc, a rarity in Pomerol that gives the wine a distinctive floral lift, structural tension, and aromatic complexity that collectors have pursued for decades. Production is microscopic, typically just over a thousand cases of the grand vin, and the wines regularly command prices that rival any in Bordeaux. In August 2025, the Guinaudeau family sent shockwaves through the wine world with the announcement that beginning with the 2025 vintage, Lafleur and all six wines within the family group (including Grand Village, Les Pensées, Les Perrières, and Les Champs Libres) would withdraw from the Pomerol and Bordeaux appellations entirely, designating the wines as Vin de France. The decision was driven by climate change and the increasing gap between the realities of farming in a warmer Pomerol and what the appellation system permits. As the family put it plainly: "We change to remain the same." For collectors who follow the estate rather than the label, the address and the people behind it remain exactly what they always were.

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