Château La Fleur Peyrabon 2021

Bright, creamy, round and full. The texture here walks the line between being quite sharp and creamy with dense, mouthfilling, plump tannins. Lovely overall concentration with good weight on the palate and some dark chocolate and sticky liquorice aspects. I like the sculpting; it feels more muscular than some, with drive and vibrant energy. It’s bright with very clean fruit, so well worked. Easy to recommend.

This pleasing wine with nice character and excellent drinkability shows attractive blackcurrants, berries and hints of chocolate on the nose and palate. Medium body, integrated and juicy. Drink now.

The 2021 La Fleur Peyrabon has a very fine bouquet of blackberry, bilberry and crushed iris that blossoms in the glass with fine delineation. The palate is medium-bodied with pliant tannins, quite saline in the mouth with gentle grip toward the finish. No, not one of the better-known Pauillac wines, but this has plenty to offer in a more challenging vintage.

The nose is fruity and offers concentration, elegance and good definition. It reveals notes of boysenberry, blueberry and, more subtly, crushed small black fruits, combined with touches of fleshy/pulpy strawberry as well as fine hints of black tea/infusion and Bourbon vanilla. The palate is fresh and offers minerality, a fresh backbone, elegance, a certain harmony and a touch of concentration. On the palate, this wine expresses notes of fresh/pulpy blackberry, fresh blackcurrant and, more slightly, violet, combined with touches of fresh raspberry as well as hints of toast, tonka bean and fine hints of sweet spices, with a discreet hint of black tea and a subtle hint of caramelized almond. The tannins are well-managed.