As I suspected the 1996 Lafleur is a painfully backward austere wine that represents a modern day clone of this estate's 1966. It possesses a backward tannic Medoc-like character with none of Pomerol's hallmark generosity.... Read More
"Performing slightly less impressively from bottle than it did from cask this wine??'s Cabernet Franc element has come forward revealing a distinctive herbal bell pepper vegetal character that kept my score from going higher.... Read More