Chateau La Fleur 2019

Plenty of punch but this is an elegant wine overall, with carefully controlled blackberry and cassis fruit notes, and one that should be ready to drink within five years. Fine tannins, overall a real success for medium-term drinking. 75% new oak at this 27ha estate owned by the Dassault family.

The 2019 La Fleur has a pretty bouquet of pure red cherry and crushed strawberry scents, with touches of rose petal and orange blossom emerging over time. The palate is medium-bodied and harmonious, with lithe tannins and good concentration. This Saint-Émilion has come along nicely since its showing from barrel. Worth seeking out.

Dark in color, the wine is round, lush and fruity with layers of dark cherries, plums, chocolate, toasty oak and licorice, all wrapped up in a plush bow that will be great with just about a year or so in the cellar. 89-91 pts

Opaque purple with a black core. Complex bouquet of Alpine blueberries, nougat pralines and blackberry jelly, followed by licorice, exotic woods and a delicate violet scent. On the palate, a silky texture and perfectly supportive, lightly vibrating freshness, with a tight-knit body and cocoa-like tannins. In the focused finish, the delicacy narrows and concludes with blackcurrants, sour cherry juice and juniper, a salty extract paired with gentle astringency. This is a positive surprise from St.-Émilion this year!

Polished, with bilberry and damson fruits. A ton of impact, carefully delivered tannins, a touch of heat on the finish that overtakes the undoubted nuances that run through the glass. Vignobles Dassault. 75% new oak.

Deep garnet-purple in color, the 2019 La Fleur bursts with baked blackberries, warm plums, and sautéed herbs scents, plus hints of charcuterie and tilled soil. Full-bodied, the palate is taut and laden with expressive black fruits, framed by rounded tannins and seamless freshness, finishing savory.

A nose with aromas of prune, of port, that transports you to the cellar. On the palate, an avalanche of night‑dark black fruits, the chiseled elegance of a chestnut horse.