Chateau La Fleur Petrus 2022

DECANTER: "A clear stand out in 2022 with so much promise. Bright and energetic, quite lean in terms of tannic structure but straight and not austere or raw, maintains a clear direction with detail and definition all the way through. Nothing seems too much, great energy and focus with cool black and blue fruits, a salty minerality and toasted liquorice. Delicate almost, such refinement given the core of power and concentration but so delicately presented you'd almost think it wasnt there. This takes some time to reveal its layers in the glass, opening up slowly with the ripe fruit, and sense of verticality coming in after a few minutes. I love the sculpting but it's how this wine opens and grows that is so compelling. It's so enormously powerful, but so well caged right now, pure, clean, crisp, soft, chalky, intense and cool. A fabulous wine."

FALSTAFF: "Tiefdunkles Rubingranat, opaker Kern, violette Reflexe, dezente Randaufhellung. Feine Kirschfrucht, süße Zwetschken, ein Hauch von Nugat, angenehme Kräuterwürze, Edelholz im Hintergrund. Straff, salzig-mineralische Textur, extraktsüßer Körper, feine Frische, sehr lange anhaftend, zeigt große Finesse und Länge, rotbeeriger Nachhall, sicheres Zukunftspotenzial."

JAMES SUCKLING: "Very structured LFP with black berry, chocolate, walnut and spice character. Full yet fresh with tannic tension and energy in the finish. One for the cellar. 96.5% merlot, 3% cabernet franc and 0.5% petit verdot."

WEINWISSER: "96.5 % Merlot, 3 % Cabernet Franc, 0.5 % Petit Verdot. Beruhigendes Bouquet, zarte Cassiswürze, Schattenmorelle, Graphit, heller Tabak, Szechuanpfeffer und rote Johannisbeere. Am komplexen, durchtrainierten Gaumen mit seidiger Textur, mehligem Extrakt, engmaschigem kakaoartigem Tanningerüst sowie edlem mineralischem Kern. Im gebündelten Finale rote Kirschen, dunkle Mineralik und royale Adstringenz. Dieser Rohdiamant aus Pomerol benötigt viel Geduld. 2030 – 2060."

LISA PERROTTI-BROWN: „The 2022 La Fleur-Petrus is composed of 96.5% Merlot, 3% Cabernet Franc, and 0.5% Petit Verdot. Deep garnet-purple in color, the nose is completely locked-down to start, needing a lot of shaking to wake up profound notes of Morello cherries, fresh black plums, and boysenberry preserves, giving way to graceful waves of iron ore and iris scents with a touch of wood smoke. the full-bodied palate is an exercise in finesse, featuring beautifully ripe, silt-like tannins and fantastic freshness, finishing long and minerally. Impressive wine, yet it will require some patient cellaring."

THE WINE CELLAR INSIDER: "The complex aromatic profile offers smoke, licorice, violets, cocoa, and a myriad of red and black plums. As good as the nose is, it's the sensuously-textured palate, with its waves of velvet-topped fruits that steal the show. The perfectly ripe, deep fruits provide length, lift, and complexity, with a lingering finish that keep you coming back for more. The wine blends 96.5% Merlot, 3% Cabernet Franc and .05 Petit Verdot. The harvest took place September 1 - September 19. Drink from 2026-2050."

JEB DUNNUCK: "While this château normally produces one of the most perfumed, elegant, ethereal wines in the appellation, the 2022 Château La Fleur-Petrus is a powerhouse offering loads of ripe red and black fruits, leafy tobacco, chocolate, and spring flower-like aromas and flavors. These carry over to the palate, where the wine shows a touch more of its classic elegance and is full-bodied, has a seamless, layered mouthfeel, building tannins, and a great finish."

THE WINE ADVOCATE: "The high point of the Mouiex portfolio this year is the beautiful 2022 La Fleur-Pétrus, a wine that derives from a number of prime clay-gravel parcels on Pomerol's plateau. Wafting from the glass with aromas of cassis and cherries mingled with hints of orange zest, pencil shavings and toasty oak, it's medium to full-bodied, ripe and fleshy, with an ample core of fruit, ripe tannins and a long, perfumed finish. Seamless and complete, it will offer a broad drinking window."

VINUM: "Auch La Fleur Pétrus zeigt besondere Klasse, mit seinen gut eingebundenen Holznoten, der verblüffenden Saftigkeit und Rasse, dem beeindruckenden Gehalt und schwelenden Feuer."

JANCIS ROBINSON: "Elegant and fresh with an impressive depth of fruit. A note of mint furthers the complexity. Refined texture, the tannins silky and long. Plenty of drive and energy. Persistent. Measured and spot on."