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12 bottles per lot
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Château Lafleur--Vintage 1989
Pomerol
Nine glue-stained and very slightly bin-soiled and three glue-stained labels. Levels nine into neck, three base of neck
Lafleur is one of the greatest wines of Bordeaux, as anyone who has followed the quality of this property over the last several decades can attest, and one of the most difficult to find. The problem is that there are only 1000 cases to go around the world, a big chunk of which was purchased by the Belgians who have long known about its extraordinary quality (often rivaling, sometimes even surpassing Petrus).
The 1989 Lafleur, tasted side by side with the 1990 on two occasions in 2002, plays it closer to the vest. The wine needs far more coaxing to produce the licorice, black cherry liqueur, earth, and truffle notes from the nose. In the mouth, the wine is full-bodied, tannic, backward, and very tightly knit, with mouth-searing levels of tannin and extremely high extract. The tannins are firmer, the fruit seemingly less sweet, but still extremely ripe, and the evolutionary process is far slower in the 1989 than the 1990. Anticipated maturity: 2012-2045. Last tasted, 8/02. Robert Parker Bordeaux book 4th edition Jan 2003
12 bottles per lot
Pomerol
Nine glue-stained and very slightly bin-soiled and three glue-stained labels. Levels nine into neck, three base of neck
Lafleur is one of the greatest wines of Bordeaux, as anyone who has followed the quality of this property over the last several decades can attest, and one of the most difficult to find. The problem is that there are only 1000 cases to go around the world, a big chunk of which was purchased by the Belgians who have long known about its extraordinary quality (often rivaling, sometimes even surpassing Petrus).
The 1989 Lafleur, tasted side by side with the 1990 on two occasions in 2002, plays it closer to the vest. The wine needs far more coaxing to produce the licorice, black cherry liqueur, earth, and truffle notes from the nose. In the mouth, the wine is full-bodied, tannic, backward, and very tightly knit, with mouth-searing levels of tannin and extremely high extract. The tannins are firmer, the fruit seemingly less sweet, but still extremely ripe, and the evolutionary process is far slower in the 1989 than the 1990. Anticipated maturity: 2012-2045. Last tasted, 8/02. Robert Parker Bordeaux book 4th edition Jan 2003
12 bottles per lot
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Nine glue-stained and very slightly bin-soiled and three glue-stained labels. Levels: nine into neck, three base of neck
Please note that the Buyer's Premium for wine differs from the standard premium and is calculated at 18.15 percent of the hammer price up to and including EUR 150,000.
Please note that the Buyer's Premium for wine differs from the standard premium and is calculated at 18.15 percent of the hammer price up to and including EUR 150,000.
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