2022 Chateau La Fleur Petrus - Pomerol AC

Decanter.com – 98 pts – GH: *A clear stand out in 2022 with so much promise. Bright and energetic, quite lean in terms of tannic structure but straight and not austere or raw, maintains a clear direction with detail and definition all the way through. Nothing seems too much, great energy and focus with cool black and blue fruits, a salty minerality and toasted liquorice. Delicate almost, such refinement given the core of power and concentration but so delicately presented you'd almost think it wasnt there. This takes some time to reveal its layers in the glass, opening up slowly with the ripe fruit, and sense of verticality coming in after a few minutes. I love the sculpting but it's how this wine opens and grows that is so compelling. It's so enormously powerful, but so well caged right now, pure, clean, crisp, soft, chalky, intense and cool. A fabulous wine.* - 04/2023

Falstaff Magazin – 98 pts – PM: *Tiefdunkles Rubingranat, opaker Kern, violette Reflexe, dezente Randaufhellung. Feine Kirschfrucht, süße Zwetschken, ein Hauch von Nugat, angenehme Kräuterwürze, Edelholz im Hintergrund. Straff, salzig-mineralische Textur, extraktsüßer Körper, feine Frische, sehr lange anhaftend, zeigt große Finesse und Länge, rotbeeriger Nachhall, sicheres Zukunftspotenzial.* - 01/2023

Vinum Magazin – 18/20 pts: *Auch La Fleur Pétrus zeigt besondere Klasse, mit seinen gut eingebundenen Holznoten, der verblüffenden Saftigkeit und Rasse, dem beeindruckenden Gehalt und schwelenden Feuer.* - 04/2023

WeinWisser – 19/20pts – GL, TW: *96.5 % Merlot, 3 % Cabernet Franc, 0.5 % Petit Verdot. Beruhigendes Bouquet, zarte Cassiswürze, Schattenmorelle, Graphit, heller Tabak, Szechuanpfeffer und rote Johannisbeere. Am komplexen, durchtrainierten Gaumen mit seidiger Textur, mehligem Extrakt, engmaschigem kakaoartigem Tanningerüst sowie edlem mineralischem Kern. Im gebündelten Finale rote Kirschen, dunkle Mineralik und royale Adstringenz. Dieser Rohdiamant aus Pomerol benötigt viel Geduld.* – 04/2023

JancisRobinson.com – 17,5/20pts – JL: *96.5% Merlot, 3% Cabernet Franc, 0.5% Petit Verdot. Cask sample. Elegant and fresh with an impressive depth of fruit. A note of mint furthers the complexity. Refined texture, the tannins silky and long. Plenty of drive and energy. Persistent. Measured and spot on.* - 04/2023

Vinous.com – (94-96) pts – AG: *The 2022 La Fleur-Pétrus is shaping up to be a jewel of a wine. Sweet floral and spice notes lift a core of ripe red-toned fruit. The 2022 offers a gorgeous combination of finesse and opulence, but still in the mid-weight style that is such a signature here.* - 04/2023

Vinous.com – (93-95) pts – NM: *The 2022 La Fleur-Pétrus was picked 1 to 19 September this year. This seems very seductive on the nose with vibrant red berry fruit, cinnamon, light black truffly aromas. Maybe it doesn't quite deliver the complexity of the very best this estate has produced in recent years. The palate is medium-bodied with svelte tannins, and perfectly judged acidity that lends this Pomerol unerring symmetry. However, it is quite linear toward the dark chocolate tinged finish. Fine tenderness here. Give it several years in bottle as there is a lot of potential.* - 04/2023

Thewinecellarinsider.com – (96-98) pts – JL: *The complex aromatic profile offers smoke, licorice, violets, cocoa, and a myriad of red and black plums. As good as the nose is, it's the sensuously-textured palate, with its waves of velvet-topped fruits that steal the show. The perfectly ripe, deep fruits provide length, lift, and complexity, with a lingering finish that keep you coming back for more. The wine blends 96.5% Merlot, 3% Cabernet Franc and .05 Petit Verdot. The harvest took place September 1 - September 19. Drink from 2026-2050.* - 05/2023