Lafleur - Pomerol 1949

Lafleur - Pomerol 1949The 1949 Lafleur's saturated purple garnet color is followed by a reluctant nose that with coaxing reveals intense, pure, cherry, jammy aromas intermingled with scents of minerals and licorice. Sensationally concentrated, with layers of thick, rich fruit and high tannin, this sweet, remarkably youthful wine is still not fully mature!

cedar and dried rose petals

and a full-bodied

all wrapped in bitter cherry pit-inflected

sappy and punchy finish

Eden exhibits copious notes of creme de cassis

Its creamy freshness is further emphasised by the textural delicacy of its mousse

A brooding and intensely earthy nose is comprised by notes of both red and dark berries that are trimmed in soft spice and sauvage hints

Distinct soil and mineral inflections give the Nuits-Saint-Georges Aux Lavières much of its distinctive personality

There is a lovely sense of underlying tension to the mineral-inflected

or those white soils

all wrapped in a sleek and stony finish that is less austere than usual

firmly structured and mildly warm finish that goes on and on