2021, Les Perrières, BORDEAUX Supérieur Rouge, 375mls half-bottle (Ch. Lafleur)Bordeaux Blend: Cabernet Franc, Merlot. Founded in 2018 by Julie and Baptiste Guinaudeau,Les Perrires de Lafleur is grown and produced in Fronsac at Chteau Grand Village on limestone dominant soil. The vines for Les Perrires are from Lafleurs massal selection of Merlot and Cabernet Franc, the same vinification process and the same team the only difference is in the terroir. A wine that's liable to rival and indeed surpass the 2019 and 2018, the 2021

licorice and spice meld into a core of dark-fleshed fruit

A pleasing supple fruit across the palate

Production is one 456 barrel

With a towering structure and solid composition

Blend in 2022 is 56% Cabernet Sauvignon

*** 86 Jasper Morris MW

A little soft bitterness in the finish

cherry stone)

70% Grenache

with etched tannins that grip this Nebbiolo firmly to the palate

A blend of 93% Merlot

This is a lovely wine