2024 Grand Village
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This has a bright, red-fruited nose, with floral perfume and an earthy note too. It’s medium-bodied and beautifully pure, full of crunchy fruit – just-ripe plum and raspberry, with a mineral note that drives through the long, persistent finish. Expressive, with mouthwatering acidity. There’s a little more Merlot in the blend than normal, and a small clay-rich parcel of Les Perrières that has gone to Grand Village this year. Blend: 88% Merlot, 12% Bouchet (Cabernet Franc)
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Yohan Castaing, Wine Advocate
Jane Anson, Inside Bordeaux
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The 2024 Grand Village (Lafleur) checks in as 88% Merlot and 12% Cabernet Franc that's resting in one-third new oak. This vivid ruby, semi-translucent hued effort has pretty red currants and subtle berry fruits as well as subtle floral and mineral-like nuances. It's medium-bodied, elegant, has supple, polished tannins, and outstanding length.
A floral, elegant bouquet of violets, iris, lilac and mulberries introduces the 2024 Grand Village, a moderately weighted, juicy and seamless wine. It offers a lively core of fruit framed by refined yet slightly austere tannins, lending the wine both charm and underlying structure.
Translucent pale ruby, fresh reducrrant fruits, shape and aromatics of a cooler vintage, this starts off softly but builds gently and slowly in power. Charming, appealing, gentle red berry fruits, spice and smoke, an extremely pretty Grand Village, give it a year or two in bottle before drinking. Harvest 25 September to 4 October. Lafleur team working under Julie and Baptiste Guinaudeau. 30% new oak for ageing.
About the producer
The Société Civile du Ch. Lafleur is the collective name for the Guinaudeau family’s wines and estates. These are some of the Right Bank’s most famous wines, including Ch. Lafleur and Les Pensées in Pomerol, along with Les Perrières, Les Champs Libres and Ch. Grand Village in Fronsac.