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Fine and Rare Collection
Wine Spectator: 97 Points
Packed, with a charcoal frame and hints of alder and mesquite offering an impressive, aromatic profile, while flavors of crushed plum, warm linzer torte and blackberry preserves form the massive core. Dense, chewy and velvety, this features a riveting iron note and enticing tobacco accents that help to expand and lengthen the finish.
Wine Advocate: 96 Points
As for the Lafleur itself, their 2010 is another fabulous wine from this extraordinary terroir. Composed of 62% Cabernet Franc and the rest Merlot (identical to what I saw early on), this wine is tightly knit and built for the long haul. Neither is it as exuberant nor as opulent as the 2009 was showing at a similar stage of its life. In stylistic terms, it is more along the lines of a more modern-day 2000 . Deep ruby/purple, with sweet black raspberry and black cherry fruit as well as hints of forest floor, licorice and crushed rock, this wine has superb texture and a full-bodied mouthfeel, then the tannins kick in. This is a powerful, backward wine, and despite its elegance and precision, it needs at least a decade of cellaring. It is slightly more reserved and tannic than I remember it from barrel, but it is locked and loaded with potential. Forget it for a decade a drink it over the following 30-40 years.
Decanter: 94 Points
Les Pensées comes from a tiny 0.7ha finger of vines that reaches across the vineyard of Lafleur. It has been made since Jacques Guinaudeau took over in 1987, but really took its current shape from the end of the 1990s when a soil study showed just how different this stretch of the vineyard is from the rest. And in the 2010 you see exactly what it can do. Rich and deep in color, with powerful aromatics and a silky texture right from the start, supple at nearly 10 years old but nowhere near ready to quit. This wine has muscular tannins, as with all good 2010s, ripped through with blackberry and raspberry fruits. Charming without sacrificing depth.
