Château La Fleur de Boüard
Lalande de Pomerol Red Bordeaux Blend
Lalande de Pomerol, Libournais, Bordeaux, France
Opened just prior to service; enjoyed over the course of a few hours. As far as I know, this was the first commercially released vintage of La Fleur de Boüard but others may be able to confirm or deny that. The 2000 pours a deep garnet color with an opaque core; medium+ viscosity with moderate staining of the tears. On the nose, the wine is developing with notes of ripe dark fruits: back plums, cassis, pipe tobacco, Flintstones vitamins, purple flowers, dried green herbs organic earth and fine baking spices. “Yabba dabba doo!” On the palate, the wine is dry with medium+ tannins and medium+ acid. Confirming the notes from the nose. The finish is medium+. Gosh, this is in a really lovely place right now; very well balanced! Thank Andy! Drink now through 2040.
Opened just prior to service; enjoyed over the course of a few hours. As far as I know, this was the first commercially released vintage of La Fleur de Boüard but others may be able to confirm or deny that. The 2000 pours a deep garnet color with an opaque core; medium+ viscosity with moderate staining of the tears. On the nose, the wine is developing with notes of ripe dark fruits: back plums, cassis, pipe tobacco, Flintstones vitamins, purple flowers, dried green herbs organic earth and fine baking spices. “Yabba dabba doo!” On the palate, the wine is dry with medium+ tannins and medium+ acid. Confirming the notes from the nose. The finish is medium+. Gosh, this is in a really lovely place right now; very well balanced! Thank Andy! Drink now through 2040.
May 14th, 2025
Big wine. Complex. Balanced.
Needs more time though.
Big wine. Complex. Balanced.
Needs more time though.
2018 vintage. Merlot (85%), Cabernet Franc (12%) and Cabernet Sauvignon (3%). Attractive nose with red fruits and toasty oak. As usual a very elegant and precise wine with impeccable balance and refined tannins. Great value too.
2018 vintage. Merlot (85%), Cabernet Franc (12%) and Cabernet Sauvignon (3%). Attractive nose with red fruits and toasty oak. As usual a very elegant and precise wine with impeccable balance and refined tannins. Great value too.
Feb 5th, 2021Still amazingly fresh. Cab Franc is strutting it’s stuff. Lovely bright berries. So good right now. Was worried the wine would be tired and now I’m curious how it would show in another 5
Still amazingly fresh. Cab Franc is strutting it’s stuff. Lovely bright berries. So good right now. Was worried the wine would be tired and now I’m curious how it would show in another 5
Jul 12th, 2020
The 2015 La Fleur de Boüard is much more complete and harmonious as a bottled wine than from barrel. Ripe red cherry, plum, tobacco, licorice and menthol add character to this juicy, flavorful red. All the elements are very nicely balanced. (Antonio Galloni, Vinous, Feb 2018)
The 2015 La Fleur de Boüard is much more complete and harmonious as a bottled wine than from barrel. Ripe red cherry, plum, tobacco, licorice and menthol add character to this juicy, flavorful red. All the elements are very nicely balanced. (Antonio Galloni, Vinous, Feb 2018)
Mar 5th, 2018
Plenty of dark berries, cassis, cranberries, balsamic notes. Medium bodied, silky tannins and well handled oak. Good stuff.
Plenty of dark berries, cassis, cranberries, balsamic notes. Medium bodied, silky tannins and well handled oak. Good stuff.
Jan 13th, 2018
Mushroom and roots of river scrub poking out from muddy banks while skewering the corner-baked brownie with a thin, nearly burnt, crispy collar. A papyrus envelope lies open, filled with sandalwood soaked clay, and a blackberry, blueberry, gooseberry reduction with cassis just to tease. Lean mouthfeel that turns sharply mid-palate to a gravelly mineshaft of nutmeg, black sesame, burnt brownie bits, and soft cranberry jellies wraps up herbaceously with cedar chips, Provençal herbs, hazelnut, Brazil nut skin, hot saw blades salivating old cherrywood and belching pipe tobacco. Kept me nose deep in the funk. Brilliant wine with a surly personality. #LaFleurdeBoüard #Pomerol #rightbank #frenchred #lalande #lalandelicious #rivermonster
Mushroom and roots of river scrub poking out from muddy banks while skewering the corner-baked brownie with a thin, nearly burnt, crispy collar. A papyrus envelope lies open, filled with sandalwood soaked clay, and a blackberry, blueberry, gooseberry reduction with cassis just to tease. Lean mouthfeel that turns sharply mid-palate to a gravelly mineshaft of nutmeg, black sesame, burnt brownie bits, and soft cranberry jellies wraps up herbaceously with cedar chips, Provençal herbs, hazelnut, Brazil nut skin, hot saw blades salivating old cherrywood and belching pipe tobacco. Kept me nose deep in the funk. Brilliant wine with a surly personality. #LaFleurdeBoüard #Pomerol #rightbank #frenchred #lalande #lalandelicious #rivermonster
Sep 2nd, 2017