The 2011 Château Lafleur is a stunning wine with complex aromas of blackberry, truffles, and earthy notes. It’s full-bodied with velvety tannins, offering a long, polished finish. The wine shows layers of dark fruits and hints of chocolate and spice. Still youthful, it has excellent aging potential, best enjoyed after 2019 and lasting through 2040.

Jamessuckling.com | JS 97
Published: Oct 28, 2014

Complex aromas of blackberry and whole white truffles with hints of wet earth and stones. Full body and structured with gorgeous, velvety tannins, but reserved and polished. Very long finish with fabulous fruit. Goes on for minutes. This is all class: the red wine of the vintage. Better in 2019. 

Decanter | D 96
Published: May 10, 2018
Drink: 2023-2040

This Lafleur effort in 2011 is truly stupendous and once again shows the greatness of its terroir. This was one of the driest vintages on record here and the berries were incredibly small, giving concentrated juice. The extraction, however, has been done with great skill, and the wine is beautifully fresh, balanced and textured. Deeply coloured, the primary black fruit nose builds and builds in the glass. A blend of 53% Cabernet Franc and 47% Merlot, there's real depth and complexity with plush, polished tannins and a concentration of delicious dark fruits - plum, mulberry and damson - joined by touches of dark chocolate, cured meat and spice. It's still very much in its first flush of youth and is not even close to being broached.
Closure: Natural Cork
Body: Full
Oak: Oaked
Grapes: 53% Cabernet Franc 47% Merlot

The Wine Advocate | RP 92-94
Published: Apr 26, 2012
Drink: 2017-2042

This tiny jewel of a property has produced a beautifully rich 2011 Lafleur from a blend of 53% Cabernet Franc and 47% Merlot. The Merlot was picked between August 31 and September 12, and the Cabernet Franc between September 22-23. The 2011 reveals a floral-scented bouquet with notions of kirsch, licorice and black raspberries. It is medium to full-bodied with terrific fruit purity, good minerality and slightly more acidity and freshness than are found in such ripe vintages as 2009 and 2010. At present, the Guinandeau family, the owners, are using between 50-60% new oak in an attempt to emphasize their great terroir and the extraordinary fruit quality they achieve from both the old vine Cabernet Franc and Merlot. This cuvee possesses some serious tannin and will undoubtedly need 5-6 years of cellaring after its release, but it should be one of the longer-lived wines of the vintage, lasting 25+ years. 

Jancisrobinson.com | JR 16.5+
Published: May 30, 2022
Drink: 2016-2036

Magnum. Herby, Franc-ish nose. The palate is ripe and still very fruit-driven with the gloss of Pomerol. Silken yet firm. Powerful and rounded.