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The January 2021 Auction: Part 4
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Estimate: $750
Very lightly damp stained, very lightly scuffed label.
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96NM
"Tasted with Baptiste Guinaudeau, the 2008 Lafleur is a wine for which I have a lot of time, and as it approaches a decade old, it is beginning to loosen up a little. There is plenty of fruit on the noseāmore than I have encountered on previous bottles, with a mixture of red and black fruitāand a hint of bell pepper and sage. The main difference is that those previously rigid tannin have loosened their collar in recent months; therefore, this Lafleur is now entertaining the notion of drinkability. There remains a linearity to this Lafleurāand there is still that backboneāyet it seems to flow nicely across the mouth, and there is superb mineralitĆ© on the finish. It's probably destined to be overshadowed by the succeeding two vintages, but I suggest you do not overlook the 2008 Lafleur."
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"Tasted with Baptiste Guinaudeau, the 2008 Lafleur is a wine for which I have a lot of time, and as it approaches a decade old, it is beginning to loosen up a little. There is plenty of fruit on the noseāmore than I have encountered on previous bottles, with a mixture of red and black fruitāand a hint of bell pepper and sage. The main difference is that those previously rigid tannin have loosened their collar in recent months; therefore, this Lafleur is now entertaining the notion of drinkability. There remains a linearity to this Lafleurāand there is still that backboneāyet it seems to flow nicely across the mouth, and there is superb mineralitĆ© on the finish. It's probably destined to be overshadowed by the succeeding two vintages, but I suggest you do not overlook the 2008 Lafleur."
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