Chateau Lafleur Gazin 2023

FALSTAFF: "Tiefdunkles Rubingranat, opaker Kern, violette Reflexe, dezente Randaufhellung. Zarte Kräuterwürze, ein Hauch von Heidelbeeren, reife Kirschen, kandierte Veilchen und Orangenzesten. Saftig, komplex und elegant, feine Extraktsüße, reife Tannine, schokoladiger Abgang, feine Röstaromen und Karamell im Nachhall, sehr gelungener Stil."

JAMES SUCKLING: "A solid and structured Pomerol with blackberry, black olive and light brown-sugar character. Hint of smoked wood, too. It’s medium- to full-bodied with very integrated, slightly muscular tannins and a persistent finish. 100% merlot."

THE WINE ADVOCATE: "The Mouiex firm acquired this estate in 2021 (after cultivating it in "fermage" since 1974) and sold off the less optimally situated parcels lying on sandy soils. The 2023 Lafleur-Gazin offers up aromas of dark berries, cherries, baked plums and mint, followed by a medium to full-bodied, fleshy and layered palate that's quite deep and extracted, perhaps reflecting an understandable ambition to signal new seriousness at this address. It's 100% Merlot."