A wine with beautiful flowers hazelnut and chocolate and dark fruits. It is dense and tight with beautiful quality of tannins. Goes on and on. Texture is amazing. Don't miss it. Second wine of Pomerol's legendary Lafleur. Try in 2016.

The Guinaudeau family has produced what is arguably their finest wine at Lafleur in 2009. A blend of 60% Merlot and 40% Cabernet Franc from a portion of the vineyard that sits in a swale the 2009 Les Pensees de Lafleur has terrific purity a serious level of concentration impressive notes of melted licorice and kirsch liqueur and a full-bodied mouthfeel. While its tannins are soft the wine boasts plenty of glycerin and leaves an impressive tactile impression. Drink it over the next 20-15 years.

Quite plush with a gorgeous cashmere feel to the black cherry preserves plum and blackberry fruit supported by alluring black tea and a long tobacco-filled finish. Very suave. Approachable now but with lovely length. Drink now through 2022. -JM