Château Lafleur是波爾多Pomerol產區的一家小型酒莊，葡萄園僅有4.5公頃。本酒莊就位於Pétrus隔壁，而且也生產品質不遜色的頂尖好酒。Lafleur的葡萄園位於Pomerol村多礫石的台地上，園中土壤很深而且富含鉀、鐵質，僅使用天然肥料。即使以產量偏低的Pomerol產區標準來看，其產量仍可說是很誇張的低--每公頃年產量不到3000公升！
Lafleur種植的葡萄品種是Merlot 50% 和Cabernet Franc 50%；發酵完的酒通常是在橡木桶（約50 %新桶）中陳年培養18個月左右。Lafleur的酒常常散發出驚人濃郁的香氣，這部分歸功於其高比例Cabernet Franc；同時口感豐盈香味多層次，常帶有成熟黑色漿果、甘草、菸草和礦物質的典型香味；它比較不像Pétrus的濃郁甜美，但是其特別的香味亦相當迷人。其極小的產量、高超的品質和卓越的聲譽使它的價格高居不下，名列Pomerol的前三大高價酒之一！在陳新民教授的著作「稀世珍釀-世界百大葡萄酒」書中有專文介紹。
The second wine, the 2012 Les Pensees de Lafleur (about one-half the entire production), is a blend of 54% Merlot and 46% Cabernet Franc. It is a mid-weight, delicate wine displaying hints of sweet cherries, plums, licorice, wet gravel and earth. This supple, medium-bodied, pleasant offering should easily drink well for 10-15+ years.
Baptiste Guinaudeau, the young, tall proprietor of this tiny treasure on the Plateau of Pomerol, harvested his Merlot at a perfect moment, September 23, and finished with the Cabernet Franc on October 6, several days before a huge deluge inundated Bordeaux. He spoke of 46 straight days with no rain, which created hydric stress in parts of their vineyard. The final blend for the 2012 Lafleur was 54% Cabernet Franc and 46% Merlot. Yields were low, never having surpassed 40 hectoliters per hectare in over 30 years, even in abundant years such as 1990 and 1982.
WA:87-89 Drink Date: 2013 - 2028
