I continue to love this wine, which is made by the talented team at Château Lafleur in Pomerol. Based on 78% Merlot and 22% Cabernet Franc, brought up in 30% new oak, the 2018 Grand Village (Lafleur) reveals a dense purple color as well as a medium to full-bodied, ripe, expansive style offering plenty of power as well as elegance. Giving up notes of blackcurrants, smoked herbs, truffle, and spring flowers, it's a gorgeous 2018 with the texture and opulence to drink fabulously well today, yet the balance and structure to evolve for 15+ years.

The 2018 Grand Village is a pivotal vintage, notable for its aromatic intensity. It has turned out nicely in bottle, exhibiting aromas of dark berries, flowers, lead pencil, plums, licorice and loamy soil. Medium to full-bodied, seamless and polished, it’s fleshy and fruity with a lively core of fruit. Long and ethereal, the finish is superb with an elegant bitterness. This wine offers a deeper insight into the estate’s DNA. - Yohan Castaing

Aromas of currants and blueberries with some crushed stones follow through to a full body, creamy and chewy tannins and impressive intensity at the finish. Give it two or three years of bottle age. Merlot and bouschet (cabernet franc). Try after 2022.

Black cherries, well-paced through the palate, with spiced cocoa bean, turmeric, cumin, espresso, a plus centre, exceptional quality for the appellation, reflecting the care and attention taken by the Guinaudeau family of Château Lafleur.

Lush, silky, sweet, supple-textured, fresh cherries, tobacco leaf and floral notes come alive in the nose. On the palate the wine is elegant, lifted and soft, with layers of sweet red fruits that hit all the right notes. Produced from blending 78% Merlot and 22% Cabernet Franc, this is one of the great value wines you can purchase by the case, if you can find it.. Read more at:https://www.thewinecellarinsider.com/search-wine-tasting-notes/?szSearch=2018+Chateau+Grand+Village

The alcohol degree on the label looks frightening and this is indeed a powerful wine, but the tannins are so fine, the texture refined and the wine balanced. Finishes with a saline note, the chalky limestone terroir apparent. Matured in 30% new oak barrels. Drinking Window: 2023 - 2032