Tuesday 15 May 2012

Lafleur Laroze

Lafleur Laroze 2009 recently won a silver medal at the “Feminalises” competition in Beaunes, awarded, as the name implies, by an all-woman jury. The organiser asked me for a comment on the wine.

Lafleur Laroze is the second wine of Château Laroze.
It is a Saint-Emilion Grand Cru.

"Intense garnet robe.
Elegant, fairly strong bouquet with a complex feel, and sweet vanilla and fresh red fruit aromas with a little liquorice.
Soft attack which grows to fill the mouth with noticeable, smooth tannins, which are like nectar on the palate. This wine has volume, depth and taste! It is a good idea to let the wine breathe a little to highlight the sweet tannins.
The tannins carry right through to the finish, which is fresh, but they have blended in enough to be really enjoyable. The palate aromas are the same as on the bouquet with some extra slight notes of pepper and sweet spice."

Even if a winemaker may not be the most objective when describing his own wine, nevertheless, I think this comment isn’t too far from the truth."

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