2022 Château Lafleur Grand Village Bordeaux Supérieur Rouge

Jacques and Sylvie Guinaudeau manage the vineyards of Grand Village together with the team that is also responsible for the vineyards at Château Lafleur (Pomerol). Their son Baptiste and his wife Julie are now also working on the realization of the goal of Grand Village: to slowly transform an old factory into a top winery. The team brings with them the knowledge and expertise of one of the best châteaux in Pomerol. It is therefore no surprise that the wines of Grand Village are spectacular.

After manual harvesting with strict selection, vinification takes place in the traditional way. First, the grapes undergo a short soaking period followed by the traditional alcoholic fermentation of 3 weeks in oak barrels. Then the grapes are pressed and the young wine is transferred to mostly new oak barrels for malolactic fermentation and maturation for a period of 10 months, after which the wine is bottled unfiltered.

The Grand Village Bordeaux Superieur is a blend of Merlot & Cabernet Franc. The wine has a deep ruby red color. In the nose we smell notes of blackcurrants and plums, a hint of roasted red pepper, juniper and laurel. In the taste palette ripe small red black fruit and dried herbs that are accompanied in the aftertaste by clearly present but ripe tannin. Very nice elegant pure blackberry fruit with fine acids on the finish. In the vinification of Lafleur and Grand Village, Guinaudeau is advised by the former cellar master of Petrus, Jean Claude Berrouet. The winemaking also falls under the responsibility of the team of Château Lafleur. Keep a close eye on these wines - this has an unprecedented good price / quality ratio and let's hope that they do not follow Lafleur in terms of price. Top rating for a wine in this price range from Parker and Suckling but anyway this also comes from a beautiful 2019. Parker writes: "......Is there a better value in contemporary Bordeaux than Grand Village?"