2012 Chateau La Fleur-Petrus, Pomerol 1x750ml

Robert Parker 96

Tasted blind at the Southwold Bordeaux tasting. The 2012 La Fleur Petrus has a mint-fresh bouquet, vigorous and vivid, with delineated red cherry, raspberry and cassis fruit under which is a strata of wet limestone. The palate is medium-bodied with fine tannin. This is a more understated Pomerol but there is real nuance here, black truffle and leather tinging the introspective black fruit. Yet behind that is harmony and finesse, notwithstanding impressive length and sustain. It may be slightly over-shadowed by the sensational Trotanoy, but Pomerol-lovers will lap up this fantastic La Fleur-Petrus from the JP Moueix team. Tasted January 2016. [Neal Martin, 28/09/2017]

Anticipated maturity: 2022-2045

Vinous 96

Exotic and explosive in the glass, the 2012 La Fleur-Petrus is another standout in the Moueix portfolio. Graphite, smoke, incense and plum are some of the notes that open up in this exquisite bouquet. The 2012 possesses remarkable depth and intensity for the year. Gravel, smoke, sage, wild flowers, game and tobacco add the final shades of nuance on a powerful, virile finish endowed with remarkable salinity and freshness from the Cabernet Franc. [Antonio Galloni, 01/01/2016]

Anticipated maturity: 2018-2037