Château Lafleur Gazin

Partnership between Delfour family and Etablissement J-P Moueix.
As the name suggests, the 8.5-hectare (21-acre) vineyard is located between Château Lafleur and Château Gazin. Most of the vineyard has the gravel soils that are typical of the top of the Pomerol plateau, and sandier soils on the slopes down towards the Barbanne stream. Only the best plots go into this Grand Vin. In most vintages they use only Merlot grapes – hand-picked, although sometimes they add small percentage of Cabernet Franc. It all depends on vintage. The wine is then aged for up to 18 months in oak barrels, more than 30% of which are new.

In colour, this is intense, purple-ruby right to the rim, with aromas which are freshly fruity and youthful, with notes of kirsch and undergrowth. Palate shows rich structure, pure, precise fruitiness, velvet roundness and generous length.